antiques

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 And more treasures await in nearby towns like New Preston and Falls Village that have shops filled with both antiques and local craft. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026 Social media is a lot about aesthetic perfection, yet your philosophy is about restraint, aged patina, the imperfection of antiques. Ingrid Schmidt, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026 Reflecting its environs, the boutique boasts a host of blue-chip artworks, design objects, antiques and furnishings — some designed by Jacquemus himself. Miles Socha, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026 The new shop combines French antiques and furnishings with a nursery and garden center. Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Sep. 2026 Inside her Knoxville family home, designer Caroline Levenson embraces functional updates, hardworking antiques, and the idea that the best rooms come together slowly. Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2026 An antiques dealer allegedly smuggled it into England during the Russian Revolution, at which point Elizabeth’s grandmother, Mary, purchased it. Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 6 Sep. 2026 Her father was a traveling antiques and jewelry salesman, and the family moved frequently, meaning Steinem rarely spent a full year at the same school. Preston Fore, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026 Their whereabouts remained unknown for almost 50 years, until they were spotted in an estate collection by antiques dealer Brandon Levine earlier this year. Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for antiques
Noun
  • Roman design studio Roselli Architetti was enlisted to restore it into one building without forgetting its history; the result is a striking design that blends ancient artifacts with retro midcentury flooring and contemporary furnishings.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The horse was found amid structures and artifacts that have revealed more details of military and daily life inside ancient Egyptian fortresses, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said in a Wednesday statement.
    Ahmed Shawkat, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • College football artifacts and trophies were replaced with relics of the dimensional life of Godfrey, best known in Georgia as DeKalb County’s winningest football coach and the coach at Southwest DeKalb from 1983-2012.
    Jack Leo, AJC.com, 20 Sep. 2026
  • People in the Tri-State Area have the chance to get an up-close look at the relics of a saint.
    Allen Devlin, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2026

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“Antiques.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antiques. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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