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
Normally, scientists are forced to rely on a fossil's size and shape, or the collection of ancient DNA (aDNA), in order to learn more about extinct species.
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Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 10 July 2025
Glaciers in Chile’s Patagonia region have been melting in recent years, exposing fossils underneath.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 July 2025
That likely explains why the impression of the fossil housed at the Senckenberg Natural History Museum in Germany had long been classified as Homoeosaurus maximiliani.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 July 2025
The larger of the two fossils unfortunately didn’t survive its encounter with diggers’ drill bit.
—Andrew Paul Jul 10, Popular Science, 10 July 2025
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Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 10 July 2025
Glaciers in Chile’s Patagonia region have been melting in recent years, exposing fossils underneath.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 July 2025
That likely explains why the impression of the fossil housed at the Senckenberg Natural History Museum in Germany had long been classified as Homoeosaurus maximiliani.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 July 2025
The larger of the two fossils unfortunately didn’t survive its encounter with diggers’ drill bit.
—Andrew Paul Jul 10, Popular Science, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fossil
Noun
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During the 2024 presidential election, for instance, conservatives criticized Kamala Harris for tweeting support in 2020 for the Minnesota Freedom Fund.—
Meg Anderson,
NPR,
21 July 2025
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And there’s a plausible chance that Republicans and conservatives could lose all three branches of state government by next fall — something that has no recent precedent.—
Craig Gilbert,
jsonline.com,
18 July 2025
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But the veterans are still having their say in Europe — and beyond.—
Tamerra Griffin,
New York Times,
26 July 2025
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While his leash might be short, the veteran has the support of his coaching staff and organization as the starter for the time being.—
Justin Grasso,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 July 2025
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These are people who know AI and have grown up with this stuff that these old fogies haven't.—
Alison Snyder,
Axios,
23 Feb. 2025
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And some of us older fogies, Joni Mitchell and Carole King.—
Lars Brandle,
Billboard,
10 Oct. 2023
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With his piano-pounding performances, wild vocals, bouffant hair and makeup, Little Richard burst onto the musical scene in the 1950s and shook up the stuffed shirts with a string of his hit songs that got both black and white people dancing.—
NBC News,
NBC News,
9 May 2020
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Karen Knorr’s photos of the private members’ clubs of London in the early 1980s are full of stuffed shirts wearing gleaming brogues.—
The Economist,
The Economist,
25 Feb. 2020
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“Fossil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fossil. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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