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
Researchers have discovered fossils that seem to support this finding, and the team considered these for the new work.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2025
The ease with which anyone can scour the globe has helped scientists discover caves full of fossils and new coral reefs.
—ArsTechnica, 24 June 2025
To the southwest, a giant fossil reef called El Capitan juts out, cutting a stark shape against the gentle foothills beyond.
—Eva Frederick, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2025
There are too many filler players, six-out-of-tenners, the fossils of projects that never came off.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 16 June 2025
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2025
The ease with which anyone can scour the globe has helped scientists discover caves full of fossils and new coral reefs.
—ArsTechnica, 24 June 2025
To the southwest, a giant fossil reef called El Capitan juts out, cutting a stark shape against the gentle foothills beyond.
—Eva Frederick, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2025
There are too many filler players, six-out-of-tenners, the fossils of projects that never came off.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 16 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fossil
Noun
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Meanwhile, conservatives, worried about the nation’s debt, are pushing for steeper cuts.—
Alicia Adamczyk,
Fortune,
28 June 2025
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Three of the court’s conservatives – Roberts, Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh – joined the three liberals in rejecting conservative challenges to Obamacare and to an internet subsidy program.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
28 June 2025
Noun
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The veteran would be a small upgrade in the outfield for the Padres.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 July 2025
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Longtime owners Russ and Kathryn Munson partnered with Palmer and luxury hospitality veteran Christopher Hunsberger, now Appellation’s COO, to help bring it to life.—
Keyla Vasconcellos,
Forbes.com,
1 July 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
Noun
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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 5 Jul. 2025.
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