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Recent Examples of relics
Inside the Normal School capsule were relics related to the 1881 assassination of President Garfield, along with the 1881 Los Angeles population count, at 11,183.
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Julie Sharp, CBS News, 29 Jan. 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
Vintage-style posters that look like charming relics from the park's past are scattered throughout Dollywood.
—Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2026
Both of these franchises feel old and tired now, relics of another age.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
The historic downtown is full of antique mining relics and quirky businesses.
—Jen Murphy, Outside, 7 Jan. 2026
Julie Sharp, CBS News, 29 Jan. 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
Vintage-style posters that look like charming relics from the park's past are scattered throughout Dollywood.
—Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2026
Both of these franchises feel old and tired now, relics of another age.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
The historic downtown is full of antique mining relics and quirky businesses.
—Jen Murphy, Outside, 7 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relics
corpse
Noun
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His family spent an agonizing week searching through morgues, hospitals and detention facilities before finally identifying his body among piles of corpses, also shown in the viral footage.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Gynae Kendall, 25, was charged Sunday with concealment of a human corpse.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Relics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relics. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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