the Stone Age

noun

: the oldest period in which human beings are known to have existed : the age during which humans made and used stone tools
often used figuratively to suggest something outmoded
His political ideas are from the Stone Age.
I'm still using a Stone Age computer.

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Singer Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age is 53. ABC News, 11 May 2026 Aquinas would certainly not countenance a threat to bomb another country back into the Stone Age. Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2026 People have been carving pregnant-goddess figurines since the Stone Age, and depictions of pregnancy are a recurrent theme across art history. Elizabeth Kiefer, Architectural Digest, 8 May 2026 Loser, for example, dragged Pop off middling ambient music but lacked the teeth of his tracks with Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme. Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 4 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for the Stone Age

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“The Stone Age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Stone%20Age. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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