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
Amber fossils offer a tantalizing, three-dimensional look at the distant past.
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Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2025
Fossil evidence further supports the idea that these iguanas originated in North America, as no fossils of desert iguanas have been found elsewhere in the world, Scarpetta said.
—Julianna Bragg, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
Among the fossils found at Shishugou, Guanlong wucaii stands out as an important discovery.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
The fact that this fossil slipped under the radar for decades isn’t surprising, said lead study author Dr. Anthony Romilio, a paleontologist and research associate with the university’s Dinosaur Lab.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
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Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2025
Fossil evidence further supports the idea that these iguanas originated in North America, as no fossils of desert iguanas have been found elsewhere in the world, Scarpetta said.
—Julianna Bragg, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
Among the fossils found at Shishugou, Guanlong wucaii stands out as an important discovery.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
The fact that this fossil slipped under the radar for decades isn’t surprising, said lead study author Dr. Anthony Romilio, a paleontologist and research associate with the university’s Dinosaur Lab.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fossil
Noun
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The Cato Institute, a libertarian-leaning think tank, have mocked the administration for slapping tariffs on islands inhabited only by penguins, while echoing Pence and other conservatives.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
5 Apr. 2025
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Left wing-progressives, once skeptical of the status quo, have become stolid guardians of institutions, while right-wing conservatives – once champions of prudence – are tearing down fences.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2025
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Before the game, Padres president of baseball operations A.J. Preller said veteran pitcher Yu Darvish was progressing in playing catch, but there was no specific timetable for his return from elbow inflammation.—
Dennis Lin,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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The union represents nurses caring for patients' physical and mental health at veterans facilities around the country.—
Andrea Hsu,
NPR,
28 Mar. 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
Noun
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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 15 Apr. 2025.
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