primordial

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As he admired the innards of a primordial iPhone, Cook found himself surrounded by artifacts that trace the history of Apple from a startup in a garage to the most iconic company in America.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

One key conclusion of the research is that mining undifferentiated asteroids -- the primordial remnants of the solar system's formation considered the progenitor bodies of chondritic meteorites -- remains impractical for now.

From Science Daily • Dec. 25, 2025

In “Alien: Earth,” humanity is trapped between two existential threats — the primordial forces represented by the franchise’s Xenomorphs, and the still unknown AI of the future.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2025

The figure resembles a yakshi - a powerful primordial nature spirit that can bestow both "abundance and fertility, as well as death and disease" - recognisable through her floral headdress, jewellery and full figure.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2025

Even if the search for primordial black holes proves negative, as it seems it may, it will still give us important information about the very early stages of the universe.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking