as in conservatives
a person with old-fashioned ideas
thought his dad was an antediluvian for refusing to use any social media
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Noun
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Gone are the days of deficit hawks, fiscal conservatives and Tea Party penny-pinchers.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026 -
Boston University presidential historian Thomas Whalen claimed Vance’s book is likely part of a strategic effort to court religious conservatives, particularly Catholics.—
Mabinty Quarshie,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But paleontology didn’t really get going until the 19th century, when fuller fossils were uncovered and experts started to call these massive lizard-looking things dinosaurs, said Vicky Coules, a researcher at the University of Bristol in the UK who studies how dinosaurs became visual icons.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2026
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Hike the Giant Logs Trail to see petrified tree fossils that are over 200 million years old.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The Current’s still one of the most talented teams in the league, boasting such USWNT veterans as Cooper, Sentnor and LaBonta, along with women who’ve played for other countries — Lorena and midfielder Rocky Rodriguez (Costa Rica), for instance.—
PJ Green
April 5,
Kansas City Star,
5 Apr. 2026
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When the Navy proposed tearing it down, a coalition of environmentalists, preservationists and veterans formed the Save Hangar One Committee and fought back hard enough to keep it standing.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
3 Apr. 2026
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For the benefit of us old fogies?—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2026
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Now the 10% is for stubborn old fogies who refuse to change their ways and try something new.—
Chris McKeown,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Antediluvians.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antediluvians. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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