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
In 2015, scientists first described a tiny and puzzling species of hominin from an unusually rich cache of fossils found at a site known as Dinaledi Chamber within the cave system.
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Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
24 June 2026
Very little is known about their life on Earth, since scientists have not found many fossils or tools associated with Homo naledi.
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Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
24 June 2026
Long-duration energy storage is seen as a key technology for bridging these gaps without relying on fossil-fuel power plants.
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Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
23 June 2026
This Lego set features a T-rex skull with a moving jaw, a foot print fossil, and an information plaque.
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Parents,
23 June 2026
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Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
24 June 2026
Very little is known about their life on Earth, since scientists have not found many fossils or tools associated with Homo naledi.
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Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
24 June 2026
Long-duration energy storage is seen as a key technology for bridging these gaps without relying on fossil-fuel power plants.
—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
23 June 2026
This Lego set features a T-rex skull with a moving jaw, a foot print fossil, and an information plaque.
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Parents,
23 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for fossil
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fossil
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Vermeule—a former clerk for Scalia—proposes that conservatives should read the Constitution’s ambiguous phrases and general structure in an openly moral way, drawing on principles grounded in the nature and purposes of government.
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In her final opinion as a Supreme Court justice in 2005, Sandra Day O’Connor – a judicial conservative – reflected on the importance of church-state separation to guarantee full religious freedom.
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And a quieter sky genuinely matters to veterans with PTSD, to parents of sensory-sensitive kids, and to every dog that spends the Fourth wedged under a bed.
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Condrey is a writer, veteran and formerly homeless resident of San Diego.
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There’s no old fogey-ness to Lorne.
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For the benefit of us old fogies?
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This man performed in all of Shakespeare’s plays, Assumed all parts from mossbacks to boys young.
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“Fossil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fossil. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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