archaic
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The Spanish is archaic, the intonations are complicated, and the words tumble over themselves like a hard charge toward the goal posts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
Lawyers also dug up archaic legal tracts and 19th century dictionary entries defining the word “election.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
"Previous more complicated models proposed contributions from archaic hominins, but this model indicates otherwise," he said.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 26, 2026
What’s going on with the obsession with reviving archaic occupations, like learning from artisans fixing old shoes?
From Slate ● Apr. 4, 2026
Perhaps we have inherited only vestiges of the organs needed, only antique and archaic traces of the fragrance, and the memory may be forever gone.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
Vocabulary lists containing archaic
100 SAT Words Beginning with "A"
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Grade 9, List 2
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