as in ancient
dating or surviving from the distant past
the immemorial Alps, where once Hannibal's army marched
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Recent Examples of immemorial
This is when the body remembers conjugating humanity as an immemorial practice.
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Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2024
Also absent is the storyteller who tells the hobbits about all the change he’s seen outside Sauron’s influence — all the war, all the loss, and all the regrowth, cyclical stories that reflect his own immemorial age.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
Kevin’s defense of his home was a defense of the memory of his family, and of their immemorial traditions menaced by the ruthless — and rootless — home invaders.
—Gregory M. Collins, National Review, 27 Dec. 2023
Like the schist outcroppings that rear up a couple of blocks away in Central Park, Gang’s mixture of urban attitude and immemorial forms reminds us that even a megalopolis like ours is just a collection of boxes clinging to a very old boulder.
—Curbed, 25 Apr. 2023
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Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2024
Also absent is the storyteller who tells the hobbits about all the change he’s seen outside Sauron’s influence — all the war, all the loss, and all the regrowth, cyclical stories that reflect his own immemorial age.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
Kevin’s defense of his home was a defense of the memory of his family, and of their immemorial traditions menaced by the ruthless — and rootless — home invaders.
—Gregory M. Collins, National Review, 27 Dec. 2023
Like the schist outcroppings that rear up a couple of blocks away in Central Park, Gang’s mixture of urban attitude and immemorial forms reminds us that even a megalopolis like ours is just a collection of boxes clinging to a very old boulder.
—Curbed, 25 Apr. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immemorial
Adjective
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Around practically all galaxies are collections of mostly ancient stars known as globular clusters.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
3 Mar. 2026
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All of those on hand noted the striking parallel between Purim, which commemorates the salvation of the Jewish people from annihilation in ancient Persia, and the dismantling of government in what is now Iran.—
Laurie Perez,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2026
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And with whiskey supply in particular currently exceeding demand, some venerable distilleries are pausing production.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
1 Mar. 2026
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For more than 20 years, the venerable 1883 brick landmark building at the center of the small town of Lockeford sat dark and boarded up, the kind of building locals pointed at but never entered.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
28 Feb. 2026
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Nature protects history and human life Inside the remarkable medieval settlement, archaeologists found moats, remains of buildings, and artifacts, 244 to be exact, including 66 knives, sickles, iron coulters, arrowheads, spearheads, and personal accessories were identified, as per Heritage Daily.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Mar. 2026
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He's got medieval weapons all over.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
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All guests, however, must be at least eight years old.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 Mar. 2026
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Michael Vaughan went missing from his home in Fruitland in July 2021, triggering a search for the 5-year-old that involved law enforcement agencies at the local, state and federal levels.—
Alex Brizee
March 3,
Idaho Statesman,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Immemorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immemorial. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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