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As long as the idea remains that property gets its purpose from those tending it, working it, nourishing it and dying on it, the film will never become a relic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

And of course there are photographs everywhere, and on the “kitchen table” is one of Linda McCartney’s cameras, which feels like a holy relic.

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026

One of the most well known examples is the Holy Face of Manoppello, a religious relic preserved in Italy for centuries that is believed to have been made from sea silk.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026

China’s iQiyi, which runs a Netflix-like service, faced criticism in recent days when its chief executive said, “Filming with human actors could soon become a relic of the past.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

So it was all ready after a while and they wanted people to talk so that they could know what was right to do about Janie Woods, the relic of Tea Cake’s Janie.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston

The most important scene in the tapestry, according to Dr Musgrove, shows Harold reaching both arms out to touch two boxes of holy relics while making an oath.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

They’re often dismissed as shortcuts, relics of semi-homemade cooking, the sort of thing Sandra Lee might have discussed between bundt cakes and tablescapes.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026

Conjuring fossils, keepsakes, toys and relics, these nostalgic, tactile miniatures suggest that Duchamp, the consummate iconoclast, may have believed in the aesthetic, transformational power of art after all.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026

Togelius’s and Hassabis’s origin stories are relics of a bygone era where gaming was the money-making machine and AI was a quixotic science experiment.

From MarketWatch ● May 23, 2026

A chorten is a religious monument, usually made of rock and often containing sacred relics; it is also called a stupa.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer