palimpsest

Example Sentences

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“She’s creating a palimpsest of different eras,” he says, noting that unlike L.A.’s streets, which are the city’s responsibility for upkeep, sidewalks are built and maintained by private developers.

From Los Angeles Times

But Ms. Rolikova, the innkeeper, thought it was important to see it, and so she opened the padlocked door to reveal a palimpsest of Russia over the past century.

From New York Times

“That was always the challenge — to keep the roughness we encountered on the very first day. You feel the many years this building has been around, all those different layers, like a palimpsest.”

From New York Times

Mr. Kelly says it is a privilege to play in a place he calls a palimpsest.

From New York Times

“I’ve become the type of person,” he says, “who…doesn’t actually get all that annoyed when people talk about psychogeography and palimpsests when all they really mean is that they walked around for a bit.”

From Los Angeles Times