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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
The image contains a striking number of cosmic objects, ranging from stars within our own Milky Way galaxy, marked by diffraction spikes, to galaxies located billions of light-years away that serve as relics of the early universe.
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Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 1 May 2025
Sovereigns are stuck because their tools—and their stories—are relics.
—Jules Herd, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Mao’s violent mass movement shut down schools, paralyzed the government, shattered the economy, destroyed religious and cultural relics – turmoil that only subsided after the leader’s death in 1976.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 12 May 2025
The Shrine of All Saints in Morton Grove bills itself as the second-largest collection of relics in North America.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2025
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Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 1 May 2025
Sovereigns are stuck because their tools—and their stories—are relics.
—Jules Herd, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Mao’s violent mass movement shut down schools, paralyzed the government, shattered the economy, destroyed religious and cultural relics – turmoil that only subsided after the leader’s death in 1976.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 12 May 2025
The Shrine of All Saints in Morton Grove bills itself as the second-largest collection of relics in North America.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for relic
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The $15 admission ticket grants you access to the original 19th-century Italianate villa, the classic boxwood parterre garden, and a museum filled with photos and other artifacts detailing the Barnsley family's history.—
Lydia Mansel,
Southern Living,
31 May 2025
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With a super-bright laser light engine, image speckle, as in grainy, shimmering artifacts, can become an issue.—
Benny Har-Even,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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The beginning McPheeters has been selling antiques for almost 60 years.—
Roxana Popescu,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 May 2025
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Photo: Eytan Stern Weber/Evan Joseph Images The doors (left) may be antiques and lead out to the northwest corner of the terrace, with views up to Central Park.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
19 May 2025
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In it, actors including Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey and Mahershala Ali face off against some of the most terrifying dinosaurs ever featured in the franchise.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
20 May 2025
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The team brought in an animatronic dinosaur from China, which had to be durable enough to use for stunts when Ellie climbs on top of it.—
Matt Minton,
Variety,
19 May 2025
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Several people reported feeling sick in the Netherlands after consuming Haribo fizzy candy that contained traces of cannabis.—
Alia Shoaib,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
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Organizations can, therefore, sift through logs, traces and metrics, analyze trends, detect anomalies and identify root causes faster and more accurately than humanly possible.—
Dave Link,
Forbes.com,
28 May 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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Her being nominated for playing a grotesque has-been is, at the very least, a delicious irony.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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Emmit Yarbrough, 58, pleaded guilty in March to arson, a Level 4 felony, and abuse of a corpse, a Level 6 felony.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2025
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Schneider has been charged with kidnapping leading to death, concealment of a corpse and endangering the integrity of the corpse, per The Telegraph; Caboubassy and Benrakia were charged with complicity.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
20 May 2025
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Some of these dust particles may be the remnants of the countless tiny meteors that collide with Earth's atmosphere on a daily basis, while others were born of volcanic eruptions or pollution before getting carried high into the atmosphere.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
28 May 2025
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Netanyahu put all of his chips on Trump nonetheless—a wager that now threatens to cost the Israeli prime minister the remnants of his legacy.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
22 May 2025
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FedEx typically prohibits the shipping of animal carcasses except in certain circumstances, which might include getting pre-approval.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
29 May 2025
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Cleaning up the Environment Vultures fulfill the vital role of consuming carrion, or the carcasses of dead animals.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
9 May 2025
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“Relic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relic. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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