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immemorial

[im-uh-mawr-ee-uhl, -mohr-] / ˌɪm əˈmɔr i əl, -ˈmoʊr- /


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One would think the viruses and bacteria that have tormented humanity since time immemorial would never find a friend in the species — human beings — they so routinely sicken and kill.

From Salon Feb. 5, 2025

“In the past, we’ve tried to get all of the parties to the table to secure water rights, which since time immemorial we’ve had to fight for,” Curley says.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 7, 2024

Blackfoot people know that their ancestors, since time immemorial, have lived across the Rocky Mountains’s eastern slopes and adjacent plains of what is now Montana, Alberta, and Saskatchewan.

From Science Magazine Apr. 3, 2024

This park, and all of Nunavut, is Inuit Nunangat -- Inuit homeland in Canada -- and the park protects sites and biodiversity stewarded by Inuit since time immemorial.

From Science Daily Mar. 12, 2024

“Better put it back,” said Roger uneasily, and Lyra upturned the skull and dropped the disk back into its immemorial resting place before returning the skull to the shelf.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman




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