as in conservative
a person with old-fashioned ideas
some old fossil who thinks that a boy and a girl shouldn't be together unsupervised until they are engaged
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Recent Examples of fossil
However, the isolated nature of this fossil has prevented scientists from assigning it to a new taxon definitively.
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
The dominant predators Paleontologists uncovered these five new theropod fossils along the coastline in the state of Victoria in southeastern Australia.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 19 Feb. 2025
Originally those 15 fossils made up the type specimens from which Megalosaurus was first described.
—Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2025
In that vein, the vane most likely had prominent colors and patterns that are not preserved in the fossil record, Dr. Pittman said.
—Elizabeth Landau, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
The dominant predators Paleontologists uncovered these five new theropod fossils along the coastline in the state of Victoria in southeastern Australia.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 19 Feb. 2025
Originally those 15 fossils made up the type specimens from which Megalosaurus was first described.
—Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2025
In that vein, the vane most likely had prominent colors and patterns that are not preserved in the fossil record, Dr. Pittman said.
—Elizabeth Landau, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fossil
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Trump gives go-ahead for Chagos deal Last year, Starmer began negotiations to give up control of the Chagos Islands, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean that conservatives on both sides of the Atlantic say is a critical check on China‘s influence in the region.—
Naomi Lim,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
28 Feb. 2025
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The basic problem with some conservatives' embrace of this man is that Andrew Tate is an abominable human being.—
Newsweek,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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Founded in 2015 by industry veterans Nancy Caravetta and Jessica Goldberg, Rebel Gail has rapidly grown into one of the most influential firms in the sector.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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His son, Brett, was also a 20-year NHL veteran and, like his dad, is in the Hockey Hall of Fame.—
Ryan Morik,
Fox News,
20 Feb. 2025
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And some of us older fogies, Joni Mitchell and Carole King.—
Lars Brandle,
Billboard,
10 Oct. 2023
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The parents—a dapper young fogy with ramrod posture and a soulful, slightly rumpled bluestocking—stand behind two tidy little girls in matching sailor suits.—
Judith Thurman,
The New Yorker,
11 Sep. 2023
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With his piano-pounding performances, wild vocals, bouffant hair and makeup, Little Richard burst onto the musical scene in the 1950s and shook up the stuffed shirts with a string of his hit songs that got both black and white people dancing.—
NBC News,
NBC News,
9 May 2020
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Karen Knorr’s photos of the private members’ clubs of London in the early 1980s are full of stuffed shirts wearing gleaming brogues.—
The Economist,
The Economist,
25 Feb. 2020
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“Fossil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fossil. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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