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
Although adult frog fossils are difficult to find, tadpoles are even harder.
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Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2024
Most of the body and part of the tail are visible in the fossil, in addition to the eyes, nerves, and a forelimb.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 30 Oct. 2024
Several fossil teeth dating back 1.77 million years hold some important clues into our ape and human origins.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
More than 5 thousand fossil pieces Terror bird expert with Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Tierra.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
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Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2024
Most of the body and part of the tail are visible in the fossil, in addition to the eyes, nerves, and a forelimb.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 30 Oct. 2024
Several fossil teeth dating back 1.77 million years hold some important clues into our ape and human origins.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
More than 5 thousand fossil pieces Terror bird expert with Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Tierra.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fossil
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In 2017, Trump's Justice Department leaders dismissed James Comey and Trump replaced him with Wray, a longtime conservative and member of the Federalist Society.Ryan Lucas, NPR, 11 Dec. 2024
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Where some liberals feared the film would be too kind to the president, just as many conservatives (including Trump himself) bashed the story as a bunch of fake news.EW Staff, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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One military veteran told CNN that federal authorities would be doing more than appearing on Sunday talk shows or giving briefings if people were in danger.Steve Almasy, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
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The independent retailer, which was started a decade ago by men’s marketing veteran Paul C. Witt, has two new locations — one of which marks its debut foray into womenswear — and a private label on the way.Marissa Muller, WWD, 16 Dec. 2024
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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 22 Dec. 2024.
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