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mossbacks

noun

plural of mossback

as in conservatives

a person with old-fashioned ideas those mossbacks at the intelligence agency didn't get the memo that the world had changed

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Once a lawyerly panel, a takeover by a trio of conservatives deeply mistrustful of the state’s voting system has turned the board’s once mundane meetings into boisterous events packed with crowds of cheering and jeering activists.

— Tamar Hallerman, AJC.com, 3 Aug. 2026
But some prominent conservatives in recent years have called for its elimination, saying the federal government should get out of the education business at every level.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of conservatives

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Many members are military veterans, making that mission personal.

— Erin Jones, CBS News, 31 July 2026
Congress granted veterans who served at the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune an exception because of severe groundwater contamination that sickened thousands of veterans and their families who served and lived on the base between 1953 and 1987.

— Nicole Borman, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026

Definition of veterans

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Their fossils can therefore help scientists predict what the climate might be like in the future through the field of conservation paleobiology, which uses evidence from prehistoric ecosystems to inform modern conservation efforts, Cruz said.

— Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2026
Its bas-relief forms appear encapsulated in rock crystal, like fossils frozen in amber.

— Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of fossils

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