Gary Jennings

I could list hundreds of words I've come up against in the course of my work that did not exist in the era of which I was writing and for which I never could find a suitably old-time, archaic or obsolete substitute.

American Author

George Packer

Everyone finds justification for his or her views in logic and analysis, but a personal philosophy often emerges from some archaic part of the mind, an early idea of how the world should be.

American Novelist

Yasmine Hamdan

I think our societies - to certain extent, of course, and to different degrees, but almost with no exception - have always been struggling to come to terms with archaic traditions.

Lebanese Musician

Whitney Wolfe Herd

Are we solving the world's problems by allowing women to make the first move on a dating app? No. But I do believe we are helping to change some very archaic norms.

American Businesswoman

Raymond Loewy

The world is filled with archaic objects - mailboxes which look like alarm boxes, banks which look like places to break out of rather than places to enter.

American Designer

Jenny Packham

When we first started doing bridal, I found the bridal business very archaic; it was very removed from general fashion.

British Designer

Bob Weir

They're protecting an archaic industry. They should turn their attention to new models.

American Musician

Aditi Rao Hydari

It's archaic to think about films as a solo lead or multi-starrer.

Indian Actress

J. A. Konrath

The publishing industry is an archaic and inefficient industry.

American Writer

Dee Hock

Every mind is a room packed with archaic furniture.

American Businessman

Use 'archaic' to suggest something is from a much earlier time, which can add a historical feel.

Evokes Antiquity

'Archaic' indicates disuse in contemporary contexts, often replaced by modern alternatives.

Not In Use

In culture, 'archaic' can have a negative, positive or neutral connotation based on context.

Cultural Connotation

Use 'archaic' to discuss periods or items so old they provide insight into early human history.

Historical Insight

'Archaic' often appears in formal or academic writing, especially in history or archaeology.

Formal Tone

'Archaic' emphasizes how languages evolve over time, leaving some words and phrases behind.

Language Evolution

In literature, 'archaic' language can create an authentic or stylistic historical setting.

Literary Device

 well-being in a larger context you know it's all of us in this together it's not one man feeling ecstasy and then blowing himself up on a bus some this is a conversation I would actually love to continue for hours we don't have that layout if you know the time thank you that means that really an archaic

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 or care for vulnerable others, without becoming destitute. We need to seriously consider a universal basic income. We need to reinvent labor organizing. The promise of a work world that is structured to actually fit our 21st century values, not some archaic idea about bringing home the bacon,

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 but not specifically is really economic development zone that we need to create the reason for this because our country's first of all we inherited all these answers from dictatorship error we have an archaic and none sensible is the laws and regulation system they cannot

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 so run their finger along. I said, "That's archaic. How can that be?" So I showed up with the desire to just write a check, and instead, I wrote a check that I had no freaking idea how I was going to cash. I committed to his brother and his father right then and there --

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 Indeed, what worries me is the entire notion of world leadership seems to me terribly archaic. It's redolent of James Bond movies and Kipling ballads. After all, what constitutes a world leader? If it's population, we're on course to top the charts.

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 eventually some of these avian dinosaurs evolved to have more recognizably bird-like characteristics one example is the sparrow sighs sonorous sentences discovered in China around 1990 the archaic creature is considered one of

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 outdoor spaces throughout the entire height of the building. None of this is rocket science. You don't require sophisticated programming. It's not about technology. This is just archaic, primitive common sense,

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 Let me give you one example from the world of recruiting, where reputation data will make the résumé seem like an archaic relic of the past. Four years ago, tech bloggers and entrepreneurs

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 And this wall in my own home is our humidfier. We love our six tons of dirt at home not only because it's healthy and sustainable. Its archaic warmth is touching deep within.

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 Most of the Middle English alphabet is still familiar today, with the inclusion of a few archaic symbols, such as yogh, which denotes the y, or gh sound.

Archaic

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Not In Use

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