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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Recent Examples of fossil
Megaraptorans were found across Asia, Australia and South America, but the understanding of the group has been restricted in the past due to a lack of complete fossils, according to the paper.
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2025
Boasting striking geological features and containing one of the world’s richest fossil beds, Badlands National Park in South Dakota draws visitors from across the globe to witness its rugged beauty.
—Dave Parfitt, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
Yet despite their popularity, pachycephalosaurs continue to puzzle paleontologists in part because fossils of these bipedal herbivores are rare, says Lindsay Zanno, a paleontologist at North Carolina State University.
—Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2025
Instead, the Devon fossil had only the last of these traits, lacking both palate teeth and a skull hinge.
—New Atlas, 15 Sep. 2025
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2025
Boasting striking geological features and containing one of the world’s richest fossil beds, Badlands National Park in South Dakota draws visitors from across the globe to witness its rugged beauty.
—Dave Parfitt, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
Yet despite their popularity, pachycephalosaurs continue to puzzle paleontologists in part because fossils of these bipedal herbivores are rare, says Lindsay Zanno, a paleontologist at North Carolina State University.
—Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2025
Instead, the Devon fossil had only the last of these traits, lacking both palate teeth and a skull hinge.
—New Atlas, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fossil
Noun
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This all comes amid multiple feuds between the ADL and several Christian conservatives, including podcasters Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson, and concerns over the rise in antisemitism and whether free speech is being stifled in the name of combating it.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Earle-Sears has campaigned at northern Virginia school boards against inclusive LGBTQ policies in schools and accused Democrats of fostering violent hate against conservatives.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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During his postgame press conference, Dart thanked Wilson for the veteran mentorship leading up to his first career start.—
Matt Audilet,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Sep. 2025
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Sanford was a veteran of the Iraq War, according to officials.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Old fogey-ish, ungrateful and stupid.—
Katie Hafner,
Scientific American,
10 Sep. 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
Noun
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This man performed in all of Shakespeare’s plays, Assumed all parts from mossbacks to boys young.—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Sep. 2019
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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 2 Oct. 2025.
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