as in conservatives
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 fossils
Paleontologists have long wrestled with how to differentiate between male and female dinosaurs based on their fossils.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
The new lichen indicators developed by the team will enable them to map much larger areas, eventually using aircraft and satellites, which will facilitate the discovery of fossils across vast landscapes.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2025
Specifically, whether or not certain fossils found in Montana belonged to a young Tyrannosaurus rex or a completely separate, smaller species.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 30 Oct. 2025
The 67 million-year-old fossils, found in the Hell Creek Formation in Montana, are the skeleton of small-bodied dinosaur called Nanotyrannus lancensis from the late Cretaceous period, according to a paper published Thursday in Nature.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2025
While being 100% certain is a bold stance in paleontology, the researchers are confident in their findings, after examining more than 200 tyrannosaur fossils in this study.
—New Atlas, 30 Oct. 2025
Its limestone formations yield plenty of fossils but no gold deposits.
—Mike Bezemek, Outside, 29 Oct. 2025
Among the fossils found at Shishugou, Guanlong wucaii stands out as an important discovery.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
While mammoth fossils have often been found in Texas, such as those discovered at the Waco Mammoth National Monument, the last mammoth tusk found in the state was uncovered in the West Texas town of Fort Stockton in the 1960s, according to Schroeder.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
The new lichen indicators developed by the team will enable them to map much larger areas, eventually using aircraft and satellites, which will facilitate the discovery of fossils across vast landscapes.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2025
Specifically, whether or not certain fossils found in Montana belonged to a young Tyrannosaurus rex or a completely separate, smaller species.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 30 Oct. 2025
The 67 million-year-old fossils, found in the Hell Creek Formation in Montana, are the skeleton of small-bodied dinosaur called Nanotyrannus lancensis from the late Cretaceous period, according to a paper published Thursday in Nature.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2025
While being 100% certain is a bold stance in paleontology, the researchers are confident in their findings, after examining more than 200 tyrannosaur fossils in this study.
—New Atlas, 30 Oct. 2025
Its limestone formations yield plenty of fossils but no gold deposits.
—Mike Bezemek, Outside, 29 Oct. 2025
Among the fossils found at Shishugou, Guanlong wucaii stands out as an important discovery.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
While mammoth fossils have often been found in Texas, such as those discovered at the Waco Mammoth National Monument, the last mammoth tusk found in the state was uncovered in the West Texas town of Fort Stockton in the 1960s, according to Schroeder.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fossils
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Although conservatives have a supermajority on the Supreme Court and control the other two branches of the federal government, the questions focused not on their successes but on how to deal with feeling under siege.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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In addition to anger over the way Israel has conducted its war in Gaza, Mills says many conservatives want America to avoid becoming entangled in new wars, particularly in the Middle East.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
7 Nov. 2025
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The annual event is a tribute to the service and sacrifice of veterans and their families.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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The Last Drop Distillers was founded by spirits industry veterans Tom Jago and James Espey in 2008, with a focus on finding and bottling the literal last drops of rare spirits from around the world.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Fossils.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fossils. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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