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Recent Examples of relics
These poles are not relics but living records of family lineage, alliances, and legends.
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Josh Rivera, USA Today, 13 May 2026
Legend has it that these relics are the remains of martyrs from the early days of Christianity in Rome that were discovered in the 16th century in unmarked graves in the city's catacombs.
—ABC News, 8 May 2026
Channel Islands National Park, California A throwback to old California, the five-island park preserves paleolithic digs, frontier-era ranches and relics of Spanish exploration.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
The central stupa also houses various sacred relics, including tooth relics of the Buddha obtained from Sri Lanka.
—Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 May 2026
Advertisement Native Americans were represented only by a display of artifacts, which suggested that living Indians were relics too, who would soon be swept away by white settlement as their lands were plowed under by the gleaming new planters and reapers displayed at the Centennial.
—Fergus M. Bordewich, Time, 30 Apr. 2026
Investigations into the small plot of land began in February, after preliminary test digs indicated promising archaeological relics in the area.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 29 Apr. 2026
The village was known as La-Motte-Saint-Didier until the 11th century, when the relics of Saint Anthony the Great were brought to it from Constantinople.
—Chrissie McClatchie, Travel + Leisure, 28 Apr. 2026
As the construction site lies between the city hall, which dates back to the Middle Ages, and the town’s medieval defenses, archaeologists expected to uncover historical relics.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 26 Apr. 2026
Josh Rivera, USA Today, 13 May 2026
Legend has it that these relics are the remains of martyrs from the early days of Christianity in Rome that were discovered in the 16th century in unmarked graves in the city's catacombs.
—ABC News, 8 May 2026
Channel Islands National Park, California A throwback to old California, the five-island park preserves paleolithic digs, frontier-era ranches and relics of Spanish exploration.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
The central stupa also houses various sacred relics, including tooth relics of the Buddha obtained from Sri Lanka.
—Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 May 2026
Advertisement Native Americans were represented only by a display of artifacts, which suggested that living Indians were relics too, who would soon be swept away by white settlement as their lands were plowed under by the gleaming new planters and reapers displayed at the Centennial.
—Fergus M. Bordewich, Time, 30 Apr. 2026
Investigations into the small plot of land began in February, after preliminary test digs indicated promising archaeological relics in the area.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 29 Apr. 2026
The village was known as La-Motte-Saint-Didier until the 11th century, when the relics of Saint Anthony the Great were brought to it from Constantinople.
—Chrissie McClatchie, Travel + Leisure, 28 Apr. 2026
As the construction site lies between the city hall, which dates back to the Middle Ages, and the town’s medieval defenses, archaeologists expected to uncover historical relics.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 26 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relics
corpse
Noun
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The Lincolns wed on November 4, 1842, in the Edwardses’ parlor, where Mary’s corpse would be laid out four tumultuous decades later.—
Thomas Mallon,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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But that one rampaging invader unleashes enough destruction and mayhem for a whole army, hurling cars and trucks and motorcycles through the air like toys, tearing though buildings as if they were made of cardboard, and leaving the streets littered with bloodied corpses.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Relics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relics. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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