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ancient times

NOUN
antiquity
Synonyms
WEAK
classical times days of old days of yore former age old days olden days remote time time immemorial
Antonyms
WEAK
convention modernity newness now
NOUN
history
Synonyms
STRONGEST
past
STRONG
antiquity yesterday yesteryear
WEAK
bygone times days of old days of yore good old days old days olden days
Antonyms
WEAK
future

Example Sentences

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Speculators have poured their earnings into all kinds of investments since ancient times, but they always return to gold.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

The history of warfare itself, harkening back to ancient times, reinforces this point.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026

A rare luxury material once worn only by emperors in ancient times has been successfully recreated by scientists in South Korea.

From Science Daily • Feb. 9, 2026

I know this because I also think about ancient times more frequently than I’d admit.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025

Driven off course, the captain sought shelter next to a rocky, barren, almost totally uninhabited small island that in ancient times had been called both Aeigilia and Cerigotto, but which now was called Antikythera.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler