archaic

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Director Prosit Roy, who is father to a toddler daughter, describes himself as "a girl dad" and says he made the film to challenge "old ideas and archaic values".

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

It felt like there was something arch, ironic and archaic even for its own era.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

And this is not some archaic cinderblock and mortar contraption: It’s a top-of-the-line, high-tech fabrication.

From Slate • Dec. 29, 2025

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

Amarante Cordova lurched into view, staggering—it appeared—from the weight of his archaic six-gun.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols