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Recent Examples of relics
The historic downtown is full of antique mining relics and quirky businesses.
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Jen Murphy, Outside, 7 Jan. 2026
The square Edelman and fellow students dug in, after determining the spot might yield interesting relics, did produce tiles, pieces of ceramic and more.
—Helen I. Bennett, Hartford Courant, 5 Jan. 2026
Skull removal and bone relics have been documented in various groups in Africa, though not this early.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 4 Jan. 2026
See Space Race relics from the Cold War.
—Sharael Kolberg, Travel + Leisure, 30 Dec. 2025
Other memorable relics found include two operating rotary hook style phones, old furniture, and wood reservoir tub with pull chain.
—La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 26 Dec. 2025
The relics were discovered by a carpenter in 1975 along the shore in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
—CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025
Archaeologists recently retrieved early medieval weapons from a lake in Poland — relics believed to be connected to the country's first rulers.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 17 Dec. 2025
Tripoli's Red Castle museum has reopened for the first time since the 2011 uprising that toppled Moammar Gadhafi, unveiling a trove of treasures that span millennia, from ancient mummies to relics of Libya's turbulent and fascinating history.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 13 Dec. 2025
Jen Murphy, Outside, 7 Jan. 2026
The square Edelman and fellow students dug in, after determining the spot might yield interesting relics, did produce tiles, pieces of ceramic and more.
—Helen I. Bennett, Hartford Courant, 5 Jan. 2026
Skull removal and bone relics have been documented in various groups in Africa, though not this early.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 4 Jan. 2026
See Space Race relics from the Cold War.
—Sharael Kolberg, Travel + Leisure, 30 Dec. 2025
Other memorable relics found include two operating rotary hook style phones, old furniture, and wood reservoir tub with pull chain.
—La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 26 Dec. 2025
The relics were discovered by a carpenter in 1975 along the shore in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
—CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025
Archaeologists recently retrieved early medieval weapons from a lake in Poland — relics believed to be connected to the country's first rulers.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 17 Dec. 2025
Tripoli's Red Castle museum has reopened for the first time since the 2011 uprising that toppled Moammar Gadhafi, unveiling a trove of treasures that span millennia, from ancient mummies to relics of Libya's turbulent and fascinating history.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 13 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relics
corpse
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The cemetery has been thrust into the spotlight after a Lancaster County man was accused of harvesting sets of human remains in the middle of the night, hoarding skulls, bones, and corpses, and then offering some of them for sale on his social media accounts.—
Joe Holden,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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Video shows corpses outside capital Meanwhile, video circulating online purports to show dozens of bodies in a morgue on the outskirts of Iran’s capital.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Relics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relics. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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