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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 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 Gian Lorenzo’s father, Pietro (1562–1629), was a Florentine sculptor trained in the immemorial Tuscan tradition that put drawing, disegno, at the heart of every artistic endeavor, even the art of living, for disegno could mean a strategy as well as a sketch. Ingrid D. Rowland, The New York Review of Books, 27 Apr. 2022 See All Example Sentences for immemorial
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Adjective
  • Spanning about 30 hectares (74 ac), this ancient landscape has been under the microscope since the 1980s, thanks to pioneering archaeologist Dietrich Mania.
    Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 12 July 2025
  • As an ancient threat emerges, endangering both Vikings and dragons, Hiccup’s friendship with Toothless becomes the key to forging a new future.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
Adjective
  • Mehcad Brooks is departing NBC’s Law & Order after three seasons as Detective Jalen Shaw ahead of the venerable crime drama’s upcoming 25th season, Deadline has learned.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 18 July 2025
  • The other, the Union Station Gallery in the venerable train station’s Grand Hall, will operate July 13-26.
    Dan Kelly July 11, Kansas City Star, 11 July 2025
Adjective
  • Jackson hoped that the exhibition would counter the misconception that medieval women were universally downtrodden drudges.
    Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 July 2025
  • The handball-esque sport was initially favored by medieval monks and knights but quickly became popular among French royalty — which is why it was typically played indoors, like in palaces.
    Rachel Treisman, NPR, 9 July 2025
Adjective
  • Cape Florida Light The Cape Florida Light, in Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park on the tip of Key Biscayne, is the oldest lighthouse in the state.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 11 July 2025
  • Patrick O’Connor, curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, told AP this may be Denver’s deepest and oldest find yet.
    Ashley J. DiMella, FOXNews.com, 11 July 2025

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“Immemorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immemorial. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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