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fossils

noun

plural of fossil

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 These timeframes were determined by dating the sediment layers in which the fossils were encased. — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 7 July 2026 Tucked into the southwest corner of Wyoming is Fossil Butte National Monument, a landmark boasting one of the largest deposits of freshwater fish fossils in the world. — Condé Nast Traveler, 7 July 2026 Park attractions range from hiking and camping to viewing ancient ichthyosaur fossils. — Eve Chen, USA Today, 5 July 2026 Walls of glass frame a 180-acre lake and riparian forest, while a decorative objet d’art above the stone fireplace embedded with 10-million-year-old fish fossils serves as a focal point. — David Caraccio updated July 4, Sacbee.com, 4 July 2026 The fossils date to the Paleocene Epoch, the first 10 million years after the end-Cretaceous extinction, during which mammals rapidly diversified as ecosystems slowly recovered. — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026 Working with the British Antarctic Survey, Thomson was mapping the area's rock layers and collected marine reptile fossils to help with future dating efforts. — CBS News, 30 June 2026 Take a closer look in person and spot the fossils of shells that could be tens of thousands, even millions of years old. — Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 30 June 2026 Working with the British Antarctic Survey, Thomson was mapping the area's rock layers and collected marine reptile fossils to help with future dating efforts. — ABC News, 29 June 2026

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The pledge did not immediately satisfy hardline conservatives, who ground operations in the House to a halt last week.

— Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 7 July 2026
But performing fealty to that naïve and impoverished picture of judging had become nearly de rigueur for both liberals and conservatives.

— Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 2 July 2026

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The money will finance dozens of routine but essential items, such as a new roof, a 24-seat school bus and outrigger canoes that will be used by military veterans struggling with post-traumatic stress.

— Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 10 July 2026
Brit Elazouar has been cast in the lead role of Jason, a young police officer on his first assignment with an elite tactical unit of Afghanistan veterans.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 9 July 2026

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