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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
  • Then, in the thirteenth century, refinements to an ancient technology, the compass, led to its widespread adoption by sailors.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
  • At the time that the cut was identified, researchers proposed that the mark proved that First Peoples butchered ancient megafauna.
    Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Bari Weiss is poised to revamp one of the nation’s most venerable down-the-middle news outlets, CBS News.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The venerable house of Chapoutier goes back to 1808, and today it is run by Michel Chapoutier, who took over from his predecessor at the young age of 26.
    Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Optional add-ons, such as the $500-tour of medieval Montalcino with a Brunello wine tasting, feel almost restrained in comparison.
    Antonia Mortensen, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
  • In August this year, researchers reportedly discovered medieval texts alleging as early as 1370 that the shroud was faked.
    Ashley Mackin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The residency blues In politics, fighting over where candidates live is a tale as old as time.
    Hayleigh Colombo, IndyStar, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Lutnick handed the reins of the company to his 27-year-old son, and his other son also works at Cantor.
    Melanie Hicken, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025

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“Immemorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immemorial. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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