primeval
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Extrapolating backward in time, Lemaître proposed the idea of a primeval atom: a singularity from which the universe emerged in a uniquely hot, dense state.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
Between them, they encounter America at its most beautifully primeval.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
For example, how much primeval forest has been cleared for an agricultural product or how the land was previously used.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 18, 2024
In Mesoamerican myth, the ancient monster Cipactli, part crocodilian, part fish or toad, floats in primeval waters, like the Hindu snake of residue, Sheshanaga.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
But until quite recent times—painfully recent times—one thing remained in abundance that preserved the primeval super-Eden feel of the original forest: the massively graceful American chestnut.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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The Call of the Wild
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