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archaic

[ahr-key-ik] / ɑrˈkeɪ ɪk /


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In its benign use, Christendom is an archaic label for the Christians of the world.

From Slate • Apr. 9, 2026

Like Karen Barwick though, he questions the need to string them up calling it "archaic".

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

The rebuilt face looks more archaic than many scientists expected, offering fresh clues about one of the first human species to expand across Africa and Eurasia.

From Science Daily • Dec. 16, 2025

Treasuries market, and archaic laws that require mailed paper notices.

From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025

Yet however “quaint” the universes of the archaic or classical sages might have seemed by the third century, they were far from empirically disproven.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro




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