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
The reptile’s remains were originally discovered in 2006 in a New Mexico quarry that is well known among paleontologists for its rich trove of Triassic-era fossils.
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Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 26 May 2026
Red fossils are real fossils and blue are Pokémon.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 22 May 2026
The South Dakota park features over 240,000 acres of rugged spires, streaky buttes, and vast fossil beds.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2026
The fossils of this Cretaceous Period dinosaur were first spotted by a villager in Thailand’s northeastern province of Chaiyaphum.
—Reuters, NBC news, 15 May 2026
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Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 26 May 2026
Red fossils are real fossils and blue are Pokémon.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 22 May 2026
The South Dakota park features over 240,000 acres of rugged spires, streaky buttes, and vast fossil beds.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2026
The fossils of this Cretaceous Period dinosaur were first spotted by a villager in Thailand’s northeastern province of Chaiyaphum.
—Reuters, NBC news, 15 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fossil
Noun
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Among the about four dozen organizations listed were the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Urban League, and other legal aid groups that conservatives have long criticized, the Times reported.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
3 June 2026
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But Choi said Han’s win could worsen a divide in the conservatives because Yoon loyalists would feel a sense of crisis and close ranks further.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 June 2026
Noun
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Now a member of the Indiana Fever, the veteran big still has love for the Golden State organization.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
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CreatiVets, the nonprofit behind the event, works with veterans struggling with trauma and the difficult transition to civilian life by pairing them with professional songwriters and artists.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
28 May 2026
Noun
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There’s no old fogey-ness to Lorne.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
20 Apr. 2026
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For the benefit of us old fogies?—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2026
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
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 Jun. 2026.
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