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Recent Examples of relics
Some people signed up to visit the relics when the exposition was first announced in October, and they were slotted into 10-minute increments starting Sunday morning.
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Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2026
Several wrecks and relics have been found in the region in recent years.
—CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
But those relics of history paled in comparison to the ambience — and opulence — of the Forest Theater.
—Uwa Ede-Osifo, Dallas Morning News, 14 Feb. 2026
Their professional norms – editorial gatekeeping, standards for sourcing, verification of facts – are not bureaucratic relics.
—Charles Edward Gehrke, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026
Those army-green relics are postcard-perfect by anyone's standard.
—Sophie Morgan, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Jan. 2026
Living among vinyl records, books and videotapes – relics of a life once fully lived — Al finds his fragile balance shattered when a real estate company targets his home for demolition, forcing him to confront both material and emotional dispossession.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 20 Jan. 2026
As my character Vivian, the antiques dealer, would say, objects are migrating relics of time and place.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 19 Jan. 2026
These are not relics of the distant past.
—Deborah Archer, Time, 19 Jan. 2026
Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2026
Several wrecks and relics have been found in the region in recent years.
—CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
But those relics of history paled in comparison to the ambience — and opulence — of the Forest Theater.
—Uwa Ede-Osifo, Dallas Morning News, 14 Feb. 2026
Their professional norms – editorial gatekeeping, standards for sourcing, verification of facts – are not bureaucratic relics.
—Charles Edward Gehrke, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026
Those army-green relics are postcard-perfect by anyone's standard.
—Sophie Morgan, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Jan. 2026
Living among vinyl records, books and videotapes – relics of a life once fully lived — Al finds his fragile balance shattered when a real estate company targets his home for demolition, forcing him to confront both material and emotional dispossession.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 20 Jan. 2026
As my character Vivian, the antiques dealer, would say, objects are migrating relics of time and place.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 19 Jan. 2026
These are not relics of the distant past.
—Deborah Archer, Time, 19 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relics
corpse
Noun
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That same day, Maxwell Anderson was charged with first-degree intentional homicide, mutilation of a corpse, and arson.—
Lauren A. White,
CBS News,
22 Feb. 2026
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Behold his corpse presented in front of two enormous piles of bottles, as green and resplendent as Christmas trees.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Relics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relics. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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