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Recent Examples of anciently
Tell El-Fara’in, anciently known as Imet, was a significant urban and religious hub from the Middle Kingdom onward.
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Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
Eleven miles west, crossing the Piave again but this time onto flatter lands, grown in the anciently rural Tezze di Piave, Cecchetto’s Raboso wines match Prosecco’s acidic presence as instead vertical reds complex with pine, wild berries, and spicy notes.
—Susan H. Gordon, Phd, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
It was used anciently as a preservative, a seasoning, and medicinally for its antibacterial properties.
—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2024
In several of the poesie paintings, Titian cast the faces of his protagonists in shadow, obscuring our sense of their inner lives, making them at once more anciently remote and more humanly familiar.
—Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2021
Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
Eleven miles west, crossing the Piave again but this time onto flatter lands, grown in the anciently rural Tezze di Piave, Cecchetto’s Raboso wines match Prosecco’s acidic presence as instead vertical reds complex with pine, wild berries, and spicy notes.
—Susan H. Gordon, Phd, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
It was used anciently as a preservative, a seasoning, and medicinally for its antibacterial properties.
—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2024
In several of the poesie paintings, Titian cast the faces of his protagonists in shadow, obscuring our sense of their inner lives, making them at once more anciently remote and more humanly familiar.
—Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anciently
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The backstory This previously residential Edwardian manor house has been turned into a 31-room hotel and members’ club by former Blakes owner Navid Mirtorabi, with the help of business partner Jamie Reuben, a scion of a family that owns swathes of Mayfair.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 May 2026
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Levin previously worked with Coker as an early investor in Strikeforce.—
Mark Puleo,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
Adverb
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Pete has disappeared while trekking a little too far from home before, but nothing to this magnitude.—
Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
22 May 2026
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Still, if men have never dabbled into the makeup world before, knowing where to start can be quite overwhelming—not to mention confusing.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
22 May 2026
Adverb
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UNDOC+Collective is a nationwide network devoted to building knowledge, visibility, and sustainability for undoc+ (formerly or currently undocumented) creatives working across the contemporary art ecosystem.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
20 May 2026
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The company purchased the space, which was formerly a hardware store, in 2024.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2026
Adverb
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Holding court with reporters earlier this week, Gerrit Cole went over why the Yankees’ upcoming series-opener against the Rays would be so important.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
23 May 2026
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Three Rock rises to the occasion But the members of Three Rock are eager to prove their mettle, especially Hartman (Simon Auclair), whose jealousy over Ace's graduation earlier this season left him with a massive chip on his shoulder.—
Britt Hayes,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 May 2026
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The world’s first space tourist, California businessman Dennis Tito, and his wife signed up 3½ years ago for a flight around the moon.—
Marcia Dunn,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2026
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The gym and indoor pool were updated around a decade ago, so have not yet been zhuzhed into the style of the rest of the place, but each is perfectly serviceable.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 May 2026
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“Anciently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anciently. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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