Thesaurus results for ANTIQUES

antiques

noun

plural of antique

as in artifacts

something belonging to or surviving from an earlier period their house is filled with rare antiques, including a collection of 19th-century African masks

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Recent Examples of antiques For wood surfaces and antiques, break out a microfiber cloth—and don't forget about your windowsills, shower rungs, and shelves. —

Nashia Baker, Martha Stewart, 19 Feb. 2026 The Marks family real estate firm bought the property in 1972 and turned it into a center for home furnishings and antiques. —

Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026 The couple have furnished it slowly in their own resourceful way, mixing custom and contemporary pieces with auction finds, many of them Danish and Swedish antiques from Lief gallery. —

Christine Lennon, Architectural Digest, 17 Feb. 2026 Republic Goods and Buffalo Exchange both offer consignment or trade-ins and Main Street Mercantile has antiques and unique finds in addition to clothing. —

Mackenzie Jervis, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2026 But soon Youngblood began asking for loans, then offering up antiques as collateral. —

Matthew Bremner, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2026 Whether antiques, cherished knickknacks, or heirlooms, items that are very delicate and/or precious to the customer are typically items house cleaners won’t want to mess with in order to cut down the risk of damaging them. —

Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 11 Feb. 2026 While the design set never stopped talking about antiques and heirlooms, for the average person, those items seemed out of reach, or at least aspirational. —

Mary Grace Granados special Contributor, Dallas Morning News, 4 Feb. 2026 Her business, Westwood Unique, has filled one part of the church with antiques and collectibles, while several other small businesses have occupied other rooms throughout the church. —

Tracy Trobridge, Baltimore Sun, 1 Feb. 2026

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While most exhibits celebrating a film’s legacy feature artifacts or costumes that appeared on screen, Iñárritu ultimately decided to opt out of that route.

— Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
Not only did archaeologists find a couple of precious pieces of textiles but also instruments and artifacts that could indicate a workshop, such as needles and a weaving sword, indicating that Beycesultan was a major textile-producing settlement during the Bronze Age.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 22 Feb. 2026