primeval
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With a single, in-block cam, one timing chain and two valves per cylinder, Godzilla is so primitive it’s practically primeval.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
This month, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is opening an exhibit that will use scents and sounds mimicking an ancient forest to recreate a primeval paradise.
From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2024
This small companion galaxy is more primeval than the Milky Way in that it possesses fewer heavy elements, which are forged in stars through nuclear fusion and supernova explosions, compared to our own galaxy.
From Science Daily • Oct. 11, 2023
The primeval compulsion inside him that he can’t name flares.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 7, 2023
There was something foreboding and primeval about it; it made the fine hairs on my arms stand up.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
Vocabulary lists containing primeval
The Call of the Wild
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The Red Pyramid
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