as in ancient
relating to or occurring near the beginning of a process, series, or time period
primeval forests slowly disappearing as the climate changed
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Recent Examples of primeval
Los Angeles, like the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and the Santa Monica Mountains, will never return to its primeval state.
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Edward Ring, Oc Register, 22 Apr. 2025
Six secluded individual bungalows sit behind a network of thriving greenery meant to evoke Miyakojima’s inland primeval forests.
—Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2025
The campground setting has a primeval feel, situated in dense old growth forest along the scenic Smith River, where banana slugs frolic (okay, maybe move slowly and strangely).
—Jenna Blough, Outside Online, 8 Apr. 2025
The little mountain park lay almost at our feet, a gem of unspoiled primeval beauty.
—Percy Brown, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2025
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Edward Ring, Oc Register, 22 Apr. 2025
Six secluded individual bungalows sit behind a network of thriving greenery meant to evoke Miyakojima’s inland primeval forests.
—Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2025
The campground setting has a primeval feel, situated in dense old growth forest along the scenic Smith River, where banana slugs frolic (okay, maybe move slowly and strangely).
—Jenna Blough, Outside Online, 8 Apr. 2025
The little mountain park lay almost at our feet, a gem of unspoiled primeval beauty.
—Percy Brown, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for primeval
Adjective
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The narrow, shaded Via Santa Maria della Pietà is Neapolitan-esque in its air of ancient mystery, with big arched doorways to houses and glimpses into tiny barber shops and a cubbyhole tattoo parlor.—
Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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So, co-author Vance Holliday of the University of Arizona (who also co-authored the 2021 paper) and colleagues decided to radiocarbon-date ancient lake bed and wetlands mud that can be directly traced to the alluvium layers in which the footprints are preserved.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
18 June 2025
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Houde said these mammoth animals are a primitive group of proboscideans ('elephantoids') from which modern elephants evolved.—
Joseph J. Kolb,
Fox News,
18 July 2017
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Many are primitive and remote, and don’t have restrooms or water.—
OregonLive.com,
OregonLive.com,
12 July 2017
Adjective
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Landau went on to share how the urge to make things is primal and universal.—
Jeryl Brunner,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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The film tapped into humans' primal fear and became a social phenomenon in the U.S. and abroad, grossing over $470 million at the box office, adjusted for inflation.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
8 June 2025
Adjective
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Humans, therefore, are assumed to be inherently tribal because of our prehistoric ancestors.—
Dr. Rami Kaminski,
Time,
18 June 2025
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Set five years after Jurassic World: Dominion, the movie sees an expedition brave isolated equatorial regions to extract DNA from three massive prehistoric creatures for a groundbreaking medical breakthrough.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
18 June 2025
Adjective
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That would mean the centrifugal force arising from a spinning universe becomes a force acting in all directions away from the universe's parent primordial white hole.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
21 June 2025
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Sal Salis Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia Australia is home to some of the most far-flung, primordial swaths of wilderness in the world, and on the coastline of Western Australia, almost 800 miles north of Perth, sits Sal Salis.—
Chloe Berge,
Outside Online,
17 June 2025
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City Comptroller Brad Lander was in third place in the early returns, pulling about 12% in the unofficial results, tallies showed.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
25 June 2025
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Time your activities wisely: When possible, reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or evening.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
24 June 2025
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“Primeval.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/primeval. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.
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