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
But the traits of the Grotte à Hominidés fossils are more of a mix of new and old.
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Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 7 Jan. 2026
The fourth floor of the Texas Science and Natural History Museum is designed for reverence — fossils, minerals, evidence of deep time.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 30 Dec. 2025
In Netflix’s Quarterback, a docuseries that follows Burrow, Kirk Cousins and Jared Goff on and off the field during the 2024-25 NFL season, the athlete makes his affinity for fossils and archaeology known.
—Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 27 Dec. 2025
The dozen or so Denisovan fossils that had been identified since 2010 using DNA were too small and fragmentary to warrant an official species name.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025
The cave floor was covered in layers of fossils — including sloths, birds, and reptiles — mostly derived from owl pellets (indigestible remains coughed up by owls).
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 Dec. 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
Of these discoveries, some species are already extinct and found by examining fossils.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 7 Jan. 2026
The fourth floor of the Texas Science and Natural History Museum is designed for reverence — fossils, minerals, evidence of deep time.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 30 Dec. 2025
In Netflix’s Quarterback, a docuseries that follows Burrow, Kirk Cousins and Jared Goff on and off the field during the 2024-25 NFL season, the athlete makes his affinity for fossils and archaeology known.
—Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 27 Dec. 2025
The dozen or so Denisovan fossils that had been identified since 2010 using DNA were too small and fragmentary to warrant an official species name.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025
The cave floor was covered in layers of fossils — including sloths, birds, and reptiles — mostly derived from owl pellets (indigestible remains coughed up by owls).
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 Dec. 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
Of these discoveries, some species are already extinct and found by examining fossils.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 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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And plenty of goalies have spent full seasons in the ECHL early in their careers to get more starts, including big-name veterans such as Jonathan Quick, Jordan Binnington, Logan Thompson and Philipp Grubauer.—
James Mirtle,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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The guidelines are also the foundation for all federal food programs, such as school lunches; the Women, Infants and Children program; and Head Start, as well as meals for active-duty service members and veterans who rely on Veterans Affairs hospitals.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
7 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Fossils.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fossils. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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