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
Fighting for its survival, Iran has the capacity to choke fossil-fuel markets by launching sporadic attacks on passing tankers, enough to deter companies and their insurers from justifying that risk.
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Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026
In the future, the SOLO platform could scale to deliver up to 1 GW of power through modular clusters, offering a zero-emission alternative to fossil-fuel thermal plants.
—Munis Raza, Interesting Engineering, 10 Mar. 2026
The theme extends down the hallways with paleo drawings on the wall, overhead in the breakfast lounge where fossil replicas span the ceiling and into individual guest rooms with dinosaur silhouettes on the pillows.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
The fossils were found near Gloucester, UK, in fissure deposits on both sides of the Bristol Channel in southern Wales and southwest England.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2026
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Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026
In the future, the SOLO platform could scale to deliver up to 1 GW of power through modular clusters, offering a zero-emission alternative to fossil-fuel thermal plants.
—Munis Raza, Interesting Engineering, 10 Mar. 2026
The theme extends down the hallways with paleo drawings on the wall, overhead in the breakfast lounge where fossil replicas span the ceiling and into individual guest rooms with dinosaur silhouettes on the pillows.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
The fossils were found near Gloucester, UK, in fissure deposits on both sides of the Bristol Channel in southern Wales and southwest England.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fossil
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In the 7th District, that playbook is being tested by the fact candidates are tacking left in their politics while also receiving dark money from special interest groups that align with conservatives.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
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In a ceremony at the National Congress in the coastal city of Valparaíso and attended by dozens of heads of state, Kast and his future Cabinet took their oaths of office months after the conservative’s landslide victory in the 2025 elections.—
Nayara Batschke,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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Lastly, Vlachos had submitted a proposal to JobsOhio, the Ohio State president's office and others for a mobile job-search app for Ohio veterans, according to JobsOhio social media posts.—
JULIE CARR SMYTH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
13 Mar. 2026
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The duo join veteran Annapurna executive Skye Optican, VP International Film & TV as well as Head of Theatre, who has been based in London for several years growing Annapurna’s international presence and slate across film, TV and theatre.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
12 Mar. 2026
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Now the 10% is for stubborn old fogies who refuse to change their ways and try something new.—
Chris McKeown,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
14 Feb. 2026
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Old fogey-ish, ungrateful and stupid.—
Katie Hafner,
Scientific American,
10 Sep. 2025
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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 18 Mar. 2026.
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