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antediluvian

[an-tee-di-loo-vee-uhn] / ˌæn ti dɪˈlu vi ən /


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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

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

The view that Avery worked for decades to achieve a final blast of brilliance seems as antediluvian as the idea that he worked alone in a style that overpowered his wife’s work.

From New York Times • May 12, 2022

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

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2021

Natural variety of intellect, the infinite hosts of personal views, and the infinitude of individual experience—which silently create new convictions—are not taken into account, and conscientious dissent seems to the antediluvian theologian an impossibility.

From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Holyoake, George Jacob




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