as in conservative
a person with old-fashioned ideas
some old fossil who thinks that a boy and a girl shouldn't be together unsupervised until they are engaged
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Run by the Museums of Western Colorado’s Paleontology Division, half- and full-day Dinosaur Digs and Expeditions from June through September invite children ages 5 and up (or 7+ for the full day) to participate in real-life excavations, prospecting, fossil prep, and more.
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Ashlea Halpern, AFAR Media, 29 Apr. 2025
The fossil is a member of Haidomyrmecinae — an extinct subfamily from the Cretaceous period.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025
The research team analyzed DNA and fossils from 128 living and extinct crocodilians—the group that includes crocodiles, alligators and caimans—to paint a picture of how these animals evolved.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025
The basin spans 150 miles across parts of Montana and Wyoming and is famed for its fossil troves.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
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Ashlea Halpern, AFAR Media, 29 Apr. 2025
The fossil is a member of Haidomyrmecinae — an extinct subfamily from the Cretaceous period.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025
The research team analyzed DNA and fossils from 128 living and extinct crocodilians—the group that includes crocodiles, alligators and caimans—to paint a picture of how these animals evolved.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025
The basin spans 150 miles across parts of Montana and Wyoming and is famed for its fossil troves.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fossil
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These Are the Dark-Horse Contenders The church is recent years has been sharply divided between conservatives and progressives.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
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That’s what both Blume’s novel and Akil’s adaptation offer audiences: A safe space to have those conversations, the very ones that conservatives want so desperately to muzzle right now.—
Candice Frederick,
Refinery29,
8 May 2025
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The 6-foot 8-inch, 10-year NBA veteran became a minority stakeholder of Leeds United in 2023, buying in through Leeds owner 49ers Enterprises.—
Felipe Cardenas,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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After the artifact falls onto the black market, a shy waitress with big dreams (Sweeney) teams up with a lovelorn military veteran (Walter Hauser) to gain possession of it, putting them in the crosshairs of a ruthless criminal working on behalf of a Western antiquities dealer.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
15 May 2025
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These are people who know AI and have grown up with this stuff that these old fogies haven't.—
Alison Snyder,
Axios,
23 Feb. 2025
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And some of us older fogies, Joni Mitchell and Carole King.—
Lars Brandle,
Billboard,
10 Oct. 2023
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With his piano-pounding performances, wild vocals, bouffant hair and makeup, Little Richard burst onto the musical scene in the 1950s and shook up the stuffed shirts with a string of his hit songs that got both black and white people dancing.—
NBC News,
NBC News,
9 May 2020
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Karen Knorr’s photos of the private members’ clubs of London in the early 1980s are full of stuffed shirts wearing gleaming brogues.—
The Economist,
The Economist,
25 Feb. 2020
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“Fossil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fossil. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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