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 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
Such modern intermediates might have been the end product for primeval eukaryotes.
From Scientific American • Jun. 13, 2023
When the area was first settled, the plateau was covered with a dense primeval forest.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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