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as in artifact
a tiny often physical indication of something lost or vanished
a crude stone ax and other relics of the Neanderthals
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as in dinosaur
one that has passed the peak of effectiveness or popularity
his courtly manners marked him as a relic of a more refined and formal era
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Recent Examples of relic
However, fax struggles to shed its perception as a technology relic from the pre-internet age.
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Jeffrey Sullivan, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Outside, the museum’s free archeological park holds ancient stone relics, from tumbled columns to ornate gravestones.
—Seth Sherwood, New York Times, 15 May 2025
One relic from this era is the Beverly Hot Springs, an artesian well once used by Native Americans that was rediscovered in 1910 when Richard S. Grant purchased the land as a wheat field.
—Courtney Wittich, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
But the Mayor’s Management Report (MMR), launched in 1977, is a relic — thousands of stats that don’t answer the only question that matters: is government actually solving problems?
—Melanie La Rocca, New York Daily News, 27 May 2025
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Jeffrey Sullivan, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Outside, the museum’s free archeological park holds ancient stone relics, from tumbled columns to ornate gravestones.
—Seth Sherwood, New York Times, 15 May 2025
One relic from this era is the Beverly Hot Springs, an artesian well once used by Native Americans that was rediscovered in 1910 when Richard S. Grant purchased the land as a wheat field.
—Courtney Wittich, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
But the Mayor’s Management Report (MMR), launched in 1977, is a relic — thousands of stats that don’t answer the only question that matters: is government actually solving problems?
—Melanie La Rocca, New York Daily News, 27 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for relic
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Eight cultural artifacts, including six ceramic jugs and two bottles, were recovered in a surprise operation at the Chiclayo Model Market in the Lambayeque, according to a June 11 news release from Peru’s Ministry of Culture.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
12 June 2025
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During their excavations, the scientists also found several artifacts, including charcoal and fragments of broken ceramics.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 June 2025
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My Happy Place Season 1 finale (CNN) MONDAY, JUNE 9 📺 Art Detectives (Acorn TV, two-episode premiere) Stephen Moyer plays a detective who solves murders connected to the world of art and antiques — from Old Master paintings, to Banksy street art, to medieval manuscripts and collectible vinyl.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
7 June 2025
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When her children were in high school, Stotz, whom everyone called Dorie, started a business specializing in early American antiques, according to her obituary.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
31 May 2025
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Covert operations expert Zora Bennett (Johansson) attempts to secure the genetic material from the dinosaurs but ends up stranded with a civilian family on an island that holds a secret being kept from humanity for decades.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
12 June 2025
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At the peak of his fame, Alvarez was one of the world’s most prominent scientists—a Nobel laureate whose career ranged from Hiroshima to the extinction of the dinosaurs.—
Alec Nevala-Lee
June 11,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2025
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More than 17 people were arrested as suspects in connection to the case after investigators found trace amounts of DNA on plastic bands tied around Kardashian's wrists.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
11 June 2025
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Consumers can see key product details such as COA’s, easily readable cannabinoid and terpene data, and supplemental product information directly sourced from the track and trace system.—
Peter Su,
Rolling Stone,
6 June 2025
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On June 8, Nicole Scherzinger, 46, won her first Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical for her role as Norma Desmond, a has-been staging a comeback in Sunset Blvd, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Broadway adaptation of the 1950 film by the same name.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
9 June 2025
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Sun-soaked, punk rock ’70s California, a fraught family safari in Africa, a frustrated has-been and a digital future portrayed in a PowerPoint presentation show how disparate lives can affect each other.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Aides played a propaganda video, and Trump held up a photograph of body bags which, according to Reuters, actually showed aid workers burying corpses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
1 June 2025
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When a young family member takes over the business, ethics go out the window as corpses are defiled, organs are sold, gold teeth are pulled, and people are maybe even murdered.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
30 May 2025
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He was surrounded by the remnants of war and hardship: a rough neighborhood in which dominance and toughness served him well.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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This skybridge, just off Park Avenue, is also a remnant of a building designed for another purpose: to shield famous daughters from the prying eyes of the Upper East Side.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
3 June 2025
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The carcass was found so close to the state line that Brunswick County officials were able to move it to Sunset Beach in North Carolina so the University of North Carolina Wilmington Marine Mammal Stranding Program could perform the necropsy and tissue collection, officials said.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
2 June 2025
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Whale carcasses have been found as far north as Alamere Falls, as far west as Farallon Islands and as inland as Berkeley.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 May 2025
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“Relic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relic. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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