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having passed its time of use or usefulness
fossilized notions about the proper place of women in society
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Recent Examples of fossilized
But around 13 million years ago, one of them may have fallen prey to an even larger creature, a team of paleontologists in Colombia have discovered after examining bite marks in a fossilized bone of one of the fearsome birds.
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Peter Guo, NBC news, 24 July 2025
The fossilized worm found in the Grand Canyon represents a previously unknown species.
—Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 24 July 2025
Officials also discovered fossilized vegetation in the bore hole near the bone.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 11 July 2025
The 18-piece range for men and women adopts the thematic motifs of Y-3’s fall/winter 2025 creative direction, including artworks inspired by the Japanese ink techniques of Suibokuga, which emulate fossilized amber.
—Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Peter Guo, NBC news, 24 July 2025
The fossilized worm found in the Grand Canyon represents a previously unknown species.
—Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 24 July 2025
Officials also discovered fossilized vegetation in the bore hole near the bone.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 11 July 2025
The 18-piece range for men and women adopts the thematic motifs of Y-3’s fall/winter 2025 creative direction, including artworks inspired by the Japanese ink techniques of Suibokuga, which emulate fossilized amber.
—Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fossilized
Adjective
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Traditional family law can be archaic, inconsistent and not aligned with the realities of modern relationships.—
Julia Rodgers,
Fortune,
3 Oct. 2025
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According to the team, in a few years, entrepreneurs will consider a passive site as archaic as a business without a phone number.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Large events might overwhelm its antiquated plumbing system.—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
28 Sep. 2025
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The immigration agent didn’t know what to make of the antiquated document.—
Pedro Rios,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But as obsolete as these pregnancy myths might have become, in some ways parents still need them.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
2 Oct. 2025
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Mastery of a particular model’s API or a set of prompting techniques can become obsolete in a matter of months.—
Marco Argenti,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Its image is painted on ancient Southwestern pottery and chiseled into prehistoric petroglyphs that line Texas canyons.—
Hollace Ava Weiner,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Oct. 2025
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From the Elgol dinosaur to the Krusatodon or the world’s largest pterosaur fossil from the Jurassic period, fossils found here have shaped our understanding of the prehistoric world.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
3 Oct. 2025
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After twenty-four hours of chaos, the gang of Israeli settlers exited the library’s medieval arches for good.—
Ryan Byrnes,
Literary Hub,
7 Oct. 2025
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Nestled on a 130-acre property outside of Roccalbegna, a medieval Tuscan village sandwiched between rocky cliffs, an old stone house looks like something out of a dream.—
Hannah Martin,
Architectural Digest,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Fossilized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fossilized. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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