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Recent Examples of relics
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.
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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
Both are now antiquated relics to be housed, and studied, in a museum.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2025
Greek tragedies, Roman philosophy, African American literature, global masterpieces—these are not dusty relics.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
These once-humble activities are reclaiming their place not as quaint relics, but as powerful tools for well-being.
—Alesandra Dubin, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
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
Both are now antiquated relics to be housed, and studied, in a museum.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2025
Greek tragedies, Roman philosophy, African American literature, global masterpieces—these are not dusty relics.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
These once-humble activities are reclaiming their place not as quaint relics, but as powerful tools for well-being.
—Alesandra Dubin, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relics
corpse
Noun
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Any other creation theory – hollow Earth, flat Earth, mud collection, hanging cord, corpse reuse, dreamtime, biosphere as gemstone in the ring of a galactic giant, please insert alternative here.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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In the kitchen, the inspector counted 22 roach corpses, 15 of them on the floor around fryers where three survivors roamed.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Relics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relics. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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