archaistic

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for archaistic
Adjective
  • After being updated by Patel, the script combines medieval knights with feudal India.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 10 May 2025
  • The tradition of the funeral procession actually dates back to Ancient Egypt (maybe even earlier!), and spans throughout the Greco-Roman empire, the medieval age, the Renaissance, and continues to modern day.
    Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 10 May 2025
Adjective
  • His work in building the Augment MBA program is a response to a problem many business schools don’t recognize: the risk of over-reliance on archaic frameworks instead of education in service of action.
    Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
  • Federal efforts would be better spent intervening, even by use of a consent decree, to dismantle an education system that locks poor, overwhelmingly minority students in archaic education bureaucracies based on their income and ZIP code.
    Paul Vallas, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025
Adjective
  • The flaw at Hingham Institution for Savings, founded in 1834, is its outmoded business model of borrowing short (with deposits) and lending long (commercial mortgages).
    William Baldwin, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
  • The newest lie is that an outmoded 1910 technology, the bulky concrete bench walls on the sides of the tubes, are needed to insulate the electric power cables.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 6 May 2025
Adjective
  • In an effort to address some of those worries, Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy announced plans to overhaul the antiquated telecommunications, radio and surveillance systems.
    Vanessa Romo, NPR, 14 May 2025
  • Due to an antiquated, insanely complex immigration policy, getting through the process is virtually impossible.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 12 May 2025
Adjective
  • It was wholly expected that the March CPI report would feel a bit dated, because the lion’s share of Trump’s tariffs went into effect earlier this month.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
  • All this power means that the Switch 2 games won’t look so dated compared to its higher-end peers.
    Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2025
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“Archaistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archaistic. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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