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also prehistorical
as in archaic
having passed its time of use or usefulness
prehistoric notions about mental illness that have no place in today's world
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Recent Examples of prehistoric
Savvy ancestors As mammoths and elephants were rare in prehistoric England, the discovery highlights the advanced cognitive skills of early humans.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Jan. 2026
Cave paintings of prehistoric marine life -- dating back more than 30,000 years -- have also been found at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea off southern France.
—CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
Paul Pettitt, a professor of palaeolithic archaeology who studies prehistoric art at the University of Durham in the United Kingdom, said that the date given to the hand stencil was a minimum age.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Jan. 2026
Funnybone is billed as a supernatural, darkly funny family drama about two estranged siblings who return home after their father’s death, only to discover an enormous prehistoric bone buried in their backyard.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 20 Jan. 2026
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Jan. 2026
Cave paintings of prehistoric marine life -- dating back more than 30,000 years -- have also been found at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea off southern France.
—CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
Paul Pettitt, a professor of palaeolithic archaeology who studies prehistoric art at the University of Durham in the United Kingdom, said that the date given to the hand stencil was a minimum age.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Jan. 2026
Funnybone is billed as a supernatural, darkly funny family drama about two estranged siblings who return home after their father’s death, only to discover an enormous prehistoric bone buried in their backyard.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 20 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prehistoric
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Yet university leaders have spoken optimistically about the future, bolstered by its new membership in the Mid-American Conference (MAC), its coaching staff and a $25 million renovation of its archaic football stadium.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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But while the word’s general usage sounds more than a little archaic in the 21st century, its application to a particular kind of deceit prohibited in war remains active law.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
21 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Other job training groups at the time also saw their training becoming obsolete.—
Michael Bernick,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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While there’s been a massive build-out of satellites for telecommunications, defense and climate monitoring, the equipment for controlling and communicating with them is aging and becoming obsolete.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2026
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The Norse were Scandinavian Viking-era settlers who, led by Erik the Red from Iceland, established medieval farming colonies in southwestern Greenland around 985–986 CE, according to the Mariners' Museum and Park and other sources.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
1 Feb. 2026
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Ranger’s House guests can admire the red-brick Georgian home featured in several scenes and venture inside to see 19th-century businessman Sir Julius Wernher’s vast art collection, consisting of over 700 works of Renaissance art, medieval sculptures and jewelry pieces.—
Kayla Keegan,
PEOPLE,
1 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Our antiquated tax code should be reformed to reduce reliance on the personal income tax and raise revenue in a more predictable way.—
Lanhee J. Chen,
Mercury News,
31 Jan. 2026
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In a world where physical video games are swiftly becoming antiquated, the move signals the company’s desire to modernize.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
30 Jan. 2026
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Previous discoveries of cremations in Africa date to pastoral neolithic herders from 3,500 years ago or later food-producing societies with higher population densities, which made the discovery even more unexpected, the researchers said.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
6 Jan. 2026
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Because some of the paintings depict a person drumming with their hands, researchers suggest the neolithic people practiced rituals in these areas.—
Joshua Rapp Learn,
Discover Magazine,
15 Jan. 2025
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“Prehistoric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prehistoric. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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