relic

Example Sentences

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Americans often treat their nation’s founding text as a relic best observed through thick glass at the National Archives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Nearly 200 years on, the kitchen is not just a relic but is still in use.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

He returned to RCA with “Emergence,” a mellow record designed to follow King’s “Tapestry” onto the radio, but that airplay never materialized: Sedaka was still seen as a relic of the early ’60s.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

The Kuiper Belt itself is a relic of the early Milky Way, when the galaxy existed as a rotating disc of gas and dust.

From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026

She later framed the cherished relic with dried flowers that had decorated Abraham Lincoln’s coffin at the White House funeral.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson