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archaic

[ahr-key-ik] / ɑrˈkeɪ ɪk /


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What’s going on with the obsession with reviving archaic occupations, like learning from artisans fixing old shoes?

From Slate • Apr. 4, 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

I was on one of our archaic computers, checking to see if BJ’s online had an item we had sold out of in the store, a forty-dollar piece of junk chiminea.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin