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Recent Examples of relics
Their jaws dropped at the troves of historic artifacts and country music relics laid out before them.
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Laura L. Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 10 Nov. 2025
Explore the relics of the neighborhood that raised the brothers who penned and composed the Black National Anthem, or celebrate the preservation of African heritage at the annual Gullah Geechee Festival.
—Essence, 7 Nov. 2025
The Denver Art Museum has previously acknowledged that two relics from Thailand in its collection are part of that federal investigation.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2025
The property has a special kind of refined, vintage charm, replete with relics like a retro annunciator panel and fun shower tiles that share facts about the city’s history in every bathroom.
—Cat Sposato, Travel + Leisure, 4 Nov. 2025
In the years since, the battle’s decisive tactics have been closely studied, but archaeologists from the University of Glasgow and the National Trust for Scotland recently discovered an array of physical relics from the deadly conflict.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 30 Oct. 2025
Eight other jewels - all relics of France's imperial history - remain missing.
—NPR, 25 Oct. 2025
Rail lines once written off as relics are stirring back to life.
—Chelsea Haney
october 25, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2025
Mamdani, who decried his two opponents as relics of the city's old politics, struggled to take a stand on issues key to housing and schools.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Laura L. Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 10 Nov. 2025
Explore the relics of the neighborhood that raised the brothers who penned and composed the Black National Anthem, or celebrate the preservation of African heritage at the annual Gullah Geechee Festival.
—Essence, 7 Nov. 2025
The Denver Art Museum has previously acknowledged that two relics from Thailand in its collection are part of that federal investigation.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2025
The property has a special kind of refined, vintage charm, replete with relics like a retro annunciator panel and fun shower tiles that share facts about the city’s history in every bathroom.
—Cat Sposato, Travel + Leisure, 4 Nov. 2025
In the years since, the battle’s decisive tactics have been closely studied, but archaeologists from the University of Glasgow and the National Trust for Scotland recently discovered an array of physical relics from the deadly conflict.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 30 Oct. 2025
Eight other jewels - all relics of France's imperial history - remain missing.
—NPR, 25 Oct. 2025
Rail lines once written off as relics are stirring back to life.
—Chelsea Haney
october 25, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2025
Mamdani, who decried his two opponents as relics of the city's old politics, struggled to take a stand on issues key to housing and schools.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relics
corpse
Noun
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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
Cite this Entry
“Relics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relics. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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