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primeval

[prahy-mee-vuhl] / praɪˈmi vəl /


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Asked what makes the tournament so popular, Mathews said he felt it was a primeval connection with rock and water, coupled with misty-eyed childhood memories.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Extrapolating backward in time, Lemaître proposed the idea of a primeval atom: a singularity from which the universe emerged in a uniquely hot, dense state.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

Between them, they encounter America at its most beautifully primeval.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026

This small companion galaxy is more primeval than the Milky Way in that it possesses fewer heavy elements, which are forged in stars through nuclear fusion and supernova explosions, compared to our own galaxy.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2023

We are now on less certain ground; there may, for example, be impediments in the evolution of the genetic code, although I think this unlikely over billions of years of primeval chemistry.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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