antediluvian

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He was then in charge of transportation, and his office overlooked the antediluvian Rue de Rivoli.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2023

But the script forces antediluvian clichés on some of the grown-up female characters.

From New York Times • Jul. 17, 2022

Microsoft released the first version of Internet Explorer in 1995, the antediluvian era of web surfing dominated by the first widely popular browser, Netscape Navigator.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 14, 2022

So, $23.7 billion annually to renovate an antediluvian water system?

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2021

All around the skull and on the floor of the portico there were heaps of white flowers, which, though not quite antediluvian, were totally unknown to us.

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