as in ancient
relating to or occurring near the beginning of a process, series, or time period
all life on Earth supposedly came from a primordial ooze in existence many millions of years ago
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Recent Examples of primordial
If the key is taken to be some primordial tradition, echoing faintly across world literature after tens of millennia, any effort to pin it down looks hopeless.
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Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
The evolutionary debut of cnidarians and ctenophores thus represented one of the most significant steps in the journey from primordial slime to humans.
—Quanta Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025
At the same time, Colossal is using a similar culture to grow the primordial germ cells of the Nicobar pigeon, which is more closely related to the dodo.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
If that model is correct, then a primordial black hole explosion could be witnessed once every 10 years.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 12 Sep. 2025
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Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
The evolutionary debut of cnidarians and ctenophores thus represented one of the most significant steps in the journey from primordial slime to humans.
—Quanta Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025
At the same time, Colossal is using a similar culture to grow the primordial germ cells of the Nicobar pigeon, which is more closely related to the dodo.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
If that model is correct, then a primordial black hole explosion could be witnessed once every 10 years.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for primordial
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Cylinder seals open a wide window not just into ancient Mesopotamian art and culture but also into the minds of individual Mesopotamians.—
Serdar Yalçin,
The Conversation,
3 Nov. 2025
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Cairo’s Grand Egyptian Museum is finally open The Grand Egyptian Museum, home to 100,000 ancient artifacts, has opened in Cairo more than 20 years after construction began.—
Semafor Events,
semafor.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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If successful, this productive force— supposed to be restorative, in at least some visions—would grow up in symbiosis with primitive fossil capital.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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These samples provide insights into primitive carbonaceous material, the water, and the organic content of early solar system bodies.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
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There are guns, horses, ghosts, a primal struggle for survival in hostile terrain, family feuds and a steadily intensifying sense of mortal threat, as Old Porch’s ambition and psychopathy escalate the drama.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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Museums frustrate the primal desire to touch the art — all thatsensuous marble and rippling brushstrokes, off-limits!—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
3 Nov. 2025
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Filled with unearthly landscapes, primeval forests, and twilight beaches, Anemone’s ornate visual design seems to underscore its characters’ emotional suffocation.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
28 Sep. 2025
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Aside from its extraordinary size, Moses marvels at the primeval nature of the Lucara diamond.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
27 Aug. 2025
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Large muskies, prehistoric-looking fish with canine-style teeth, lurk there.—
Jamie Thompson,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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In Scotland, archaeologists found evidence of a prehistoric village at a future golf course earlier this year.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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The method can provide aerodynamic drag data more efficiently during the early stages of aircraft design.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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Millennials, typically defined as individuals born between the early 1980s and the mid-1990s, are now at a point in their lives where their generational nostalgia is front and center.—
Saba Hamedy,
NBC news,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Primordial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/primordial. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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