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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
Spend time at the Natchez Museum of African American Culture and History and the Grand Village of the Natchez Indians, a museum park with prehistoric Indigenous American mounds.
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Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 22 Apr. 2026
In doing so, Black pioneered a new genre of narrative prehistorical nonfiction.
—Steve Brusatte, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026
As one of the last places in the country with a healthy population of these prehistoric fish, Lake of the Ozarks is a destination fishery.
—Kubie Brown, Outdoor Life, 16 Apr. 2026
The Fossil Exhibit Trail has an accessible boardwalk with replicas of fossils and prehistoric creatures that once lived in the area.
—Midwest Living, 16 Apr. 2026
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Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 22 Apr. 2026
In doing so, Black pioneered a new genre of narrative prehistorical nonfiction.
—Steve Brusatte, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026
As one of the last places in the country with a healthy population of these prehistoric fish, Lake of the Ozarks is a destination fishery.
—Kubie Brown, Outdoor Life, 16 Apr. 2026
The Fossil Exhibit Trail has an accessible boardwalk with replicas of fossils and prehistoric creatures that once lived in the area.
—Midwest Living, 16 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prehistoric
Adjective
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Doubled down with odd and archaic roster construction.—
Jannelle Moore,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2026
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Rather remain archaic and barbaric than find a better option to give.—
Yesika Salgado,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Crucially, this is not an argument that campuses are obsolete.—
Ian Gibson,
Mercury News,
29 Apr. 2026
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Satellite redundancy reshapes the economics of orbital conflict The logic of disabling a network by targeting a few critical satellites is increasingly obsolete.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Nor any pebble clattering down the medieval stones, plinking into the tea- colored water.—
Ellen Bass,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Most of these caves were carved out during the medieval era.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
3 May 2026
Adjective
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Like des Esseintes’s inclination toward the antiquated, Carly’s taste for vintage kitsch runs retro-romantic.—
Olivia Kan-Sperling,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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For years, the armies on the Western Front were immobilized by the combination of modern technology and antiquated tactics.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
1 May 2026
Adjective
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Radić came to global prominence with his entry for the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in 2014, a luminous fiberglass shell that appeared to hover over the lawn of Kensington Gardens in London, supported by neolithic-looking boulders.—
Kriston Capps,
Bloomberg,
12 Mar. 2026
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The taiga’s long stretches of subzero weather, meanwhile, allowed the Neolithic people to freeze meat and oils.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Prehistoric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prehistoric. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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