as in conservatives
a person with old-fashioned ideas
thought his dad was an antediluvian for refusing to use any social media
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Noun
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For generations, the 10th Amendment has been the rallying point for conservatives who believe that decisions are best made closest to the people affected by them.—
Jesse Plunkett,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 May 2026 -
The last pope, Francis, could be filed away by American conservatives as an anti-American Latin American leftist, but Leo can’t.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
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The fossils represent two proto-croc cousins who had to compete and interact with each other.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
3 May 2026
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Hiking trails allow visitors to see the petrified wood, petroglyphs, and fossils.—
Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
3 May 2026
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Silberman is one of South Florida’s oldest living World War II veterans, having served as a communications and decoding officer aboard the battleship USS Arkansas in the Pacific.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
2 May 2026
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Vegas is another experienced playoff team loaded with veterans.—
Greg Beacham,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2026
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For the benefit of us old fogies?—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2026
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Now the 10% is for stubborn old fogies who refuse to change their ways and try something new.—
Chris McKeown,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Antediluvians.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antediluvians. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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