palimpsest

Example Sentences

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“Rosia Montana is a landscape of great cultural importance — a palimpsest of mining activity from Roman times through the Austro-Hungarian period to the Communist era,” Wilson said.

From Seattle Times

While reading the July 2 Weekend film review “A great music documentary and an exhilarating time capsule,” I saw the word “palimpsest.”

From Washington Post

Worn by use over time and torn out, the floors meld histories in sedimented layers, producing palimpsests that Adams has ingeniously transposed into warp and weft and dotted with glinting metallic chains and glass beads.

From New York Times

But Thompson cleverly interweaves present-day interviews into the archival images, creating an illuminating palimpsest of equally moving and eerily timely narratives.

From Washington Post

The traces of old marks may remain, but it is much easier to draw new habits over the top of them like a palimpsest.

From Salon