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as in artifact
a tiny often physical indication of something lost or vanished
a crude stone ax and other relics of the Neanderthals
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as in dinosaur
one that has passed the peak of effectiveness or popularity
his courtly manners marked him as a relic of a more refined and formal era
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Recent Examples of relic
By Nadia Lathan, CalMatters Fridge-less apartments dotting the pricey California rental market will soon be a head-scratching relic.
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Calmatters, Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2025
By Nadia Lathan | CalMatters Fridge-less apartments dotting the pricey California rental market will soon be a head-scratching relic.
—Calmatters, Oc Register, 30 Dec. 2025
See Space Race relics from the Cold War.
—Sharael Kolberg, Travel + Leisure, 30 Dec. 2025
And so went another relic of a seemingly simpler past.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 30 Dec. 2025
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Calmatters, Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2025
By Nadia Lathan | CalMatters Fridge-less apartments dotting the pricey California rental market will soon be a head-scratching relic.
—Calmatters, Oc Register, 30 Dec. 2025
See Space Race relics from the Cold War.
—Sharael Kolberg, Travel + Leisure, 30 Dec. 2025
And so went another relic of a seemingly simpler past.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 30 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for relic
Noun
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People from the Kansas City area who boarded the ship are highlighted on posters hanging on the walls next to artifacts like fragments of a first-class curtain, a door handle and a White Star Line envelope.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
8 Nov. 2025
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The government doesn't like to as a rule, like showcase of assassin artifacts.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Debbie Mathews LeRoy is the owner and principal at her eponymous design and antiques firm.—
Nishaa Sharma,
The Spruce,
5 Jan. 2026
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Furniture over the last 100 years has been mass-produced, while anything antique was made by hand.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
3 Jan. 2026
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In addition to the parks, Moab is home to myriad petroglyphs, seen along Hidden Valley Trail, and dinosaur tracks located within Mill Canyon.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Jan. 2026
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And if the sneakers themselves didn’t go heavy enough with the prehistoric theme, the shoebox is also fully decked out with a dinosaur motif which, when opened, is intended to look like a Tyrannosaurus opening its mouth.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
6 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Development on Titanique traces back a decade, when Mindelle, Rousouli and co-creator Ty Blue (Titanique's director) dreamed up the show and staged a concert presentation in.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
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Some fruit pits and seeds, like those in apples and pears, contain traces of cyanide, which is harmful to birds.—
Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
6 Jan. 2026
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Ken Blake Brea Sorry to see Jerry Neuheisel leave UCLA to join traitor and coaching has-been Chip Kelly at Northwestern.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Jan. 2026
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All this success begs the legitimate question of how the once-struggling reality show for has-been celebrities reinvented itself and became a pop-cultural phenomenon that any public figure would be lucky to utilize as their re-introduction into the zeitgeist.—
McKinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Nov. 2025
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Israel wiped out entire cities with nothing left but an abundance of rubble mixed with thousands of corpses stuck underneath.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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And now one of those corpses could soon be Evelyn’s.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
9 Nov. 2025
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Recently, archaeologists found a massive stone basin in Italy dating back more than 2,000 years — remnants of a once-powerful rival of Rome.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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The transition will occur around December 1, with the main remnant of the PENN partnership being the linear betting show, ESPN BET Live.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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The team stabilized the carcass before carefully removing it from the vessel and transporting it to a secure location, where experts plan to conduct a necropsy to determine the exact cause of death and confirm the species.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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Anyway, officials from California State Parks and the state Department of Fish and Wildlife said there’s nothing unusual about the lobster carcasses washing up on the beach.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Relic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relic. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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