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Recent Examples of immemorial This is when the body remembers conjugating humanity as an immemorial practice. 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 See All Example Sentences for immemorial
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Adjective
  • During that time, particles cast off from that ancient body collide with our planet at speeds of up to 41 miles per second (66 kilometers per second), burning up in a magnificent display as they're overwhelmed by the friction of atmospheric entry.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Pausing to appreciate ancient petroglyphs or a primrose that blooms for just one day.
    Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The venerable department store had long been in denial about the depth of its problems, said Spring, who took the reins of Macy’s Inc in early 2024 after a successful decade-long stint as CEO of its Bloomingdale’s division.
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Los Angeles has the venerable Griffith Observatory, the scene of James Dean's knife fight in 1955's Rebel Without A Cause and where swooning lovers swayed among stars in 2016's La La Land.
    Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Parts of those medieval fortifications can still be seen today in the museum’s lower levels.
    Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Bruges’ historic city center is seen in the background, including the Belfry of Bruges — a medieval bell tower built around around 1240.
    Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • About 1,300 people from around the world -- ranging from children as young as 12 years old to elite athletes -- participated in the race.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The last one – the last out of a game, say, or the last victory in a playoff series – is considered the hardest one to achieve, if old adages and the like are to be believed.
    Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Immemorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immemorial. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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