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also mediaeval
as in rusty
having passed its time of use or usefulness
get rid of that medieval kerosene stove—it stinks and it's dangerous
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Recent Examples of medieval
Like Baker, Fisher or Glover, Smith began as an occupational surname for those who worked with metal, its roots tracing back to the ancient Anglo-Saxon and medieval English periods.
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Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
Herry: Herry was a nickname for Henry in medieval times.
—Anna Moeslein, Parents, 26 Oct. 2024
Speaking of ‘medieval,’ how do people break out of that ‘superstitious’ worldview regarding tech culture’s inherent, unquestionably positive benefits?
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2024
With a bigger budget and a wilder premise (Ash is now stuck in medieval times), this film re-centers our hero as a quip-spouting action hero jerk with a heart of gold.
—EW.com, 17 Oct. 2024
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Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
Herry: Herry was a nickname for Henry in medieval times.
—Anna Moeslein, Parents, 26 Oct. 2024
Speaking of ‘medieval,’ how do people break out of that ‘superstitious’ worldview regarding tech culture’s inherent, unquestionably positive benefits?
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2024
With a bigger budget and a wilder premise (Ash is now stuck in medieval times), this film re-centers our hero as a quip-spouting action hero jerk with a heart of gold.
—EW.com, 17 Oct. 2024
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It was filled with rusty pipes and flickering lights, complete with a wall of old control switches.Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2024
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The simple question is like a Zen koan that can get the rusty gears in your head to start turning.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Coppola’s emphasis on white protagonist Cesar is, in Hollywood liberal terms, facile and archaic.Armond White, National Review, 4 Oct. 2024
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While Walter’s traditional village represents an archaic and beautiful (though flawed) way of living, Nina’s sojourns into the mountains are like time-traveling to a worse, more restrictive way of life.Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
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Such a prospect is one that the city’s antiquated water orthodoxy has never managed to fathom.Tom Philp, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Ahead of Election Day Cyclorama: The Shape of Things contains a wide spread of imagery: footage on both pro- and anti-segregation riots, recordings from antiquated circus acts featuring a dancing elephant, silhouettes of what appear to be Southern belles in hoop skirts that laugh over tea.Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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Uncle Jack Cassidy lives on the island which is filled with new dinosaur species, giant insects and prehistoric amphibians.Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
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Godzilla: Dressing up as a prehistoric dinosaurian monster never gets old.Isabella Milano, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Oct. 2024
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Our observations suggest older bucks deposit pheromones on these rubs, and that plays an important role in the dominance ladder of a herd.Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
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Black men younger than 30 and older than 65 were the most likely to support Harris at 78% and 87%, respectively.Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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This verdant bay in Brittany's far southeast shelters 40-odd islands that are known for their neolithic monuments.The Week UK, theweek, 12 Oct. 2024
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In southern Italy's Basilicata region, caves snake through the hillside town of Matera – the remains of neolithic villages that date back more than 6,000 years.David Morgan, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2024
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Further evidence that Au. afarensis overlapped with other hominins came in 2015, when Haile-Selassie and his colleagues announced their discovery of fossilized upper and lower jaws from a species new to science, Australopithecus deyiremeda.Donald C. Johanson, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
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Trapped in sinkholes or lost within labyrinthine passages, these animals died, and their remains became fossilized and preserved by rising water levels.Martin Broen, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Oct. 2024
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Scientists found mummies covered in ancient cheese By Rachel Feltman Scientists recently found some cheese that’s been developing its funk for a little bit longer than usual: 3,500 years or so.Popular Science Staff, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
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The buck proved to be a seven-pointer, an ancient fellow with a main beam of twenty-eight inches, and a spread of thirty-two.Jack O’Connor, Outdoor Life, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Medieval.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medieval. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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