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antiques

noun

plural of antique

as in artifacts

something belonging to or surviving from an earlier period their house is filled with rare antiques, including a collection of 19th-century African masks

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Recent Examples of antiques Each room centers on at least one meaningful possession of Corcoran’s, surrounded by custom seating, cheerful window treatments and wall coverings, warm pools of lamplight, and an artful mix of antiques. — David Foxley, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2026 Willis stripped it down and packed the space with street finds, antiques from the Chelsea Flea Market, and set pieces from his professional work. — Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 17 Oct. 2026 What to do nearby A stone’s throw away is the Water Street Market, a complex of shops that includes an antiques mall, the Grazery café, and a neighborhood tavern called Parish. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026 Sang-woo’s grandfather had been a businessman and a police officer under the Japanese colonial government, before the Second World War; books and antiques from that period line every surface. — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 Republic Goods and Buffalo Exchange both offer consignment or trade-ins, and Main Street Mercantile has antiques and unique finds in addition to clothing. — Mackenzie Jervis, Travel + Leisure, 12 Oct. 2026 Bonding over their passion for interiors, antiques hunting at the open market, the meeting resulted in a new holiday home collaboration unveiled in September. — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026 Collecting segments like antiques, jewelry, and gems trailed behind, so the commonplace observation that buying other luxury collectibles might lead to art collecting did not seem to hold for this particular slice of the collectorate. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 8 Oct. 2026 His parents — his mother was an interior designer and his stepfather worked in the antiques trade — would wear Gaultier. — Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2026

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Ship models, ancient navigation instruments, maps, and shipwreck artifacts illustrate the skills and dangers involved in these journeys.

— Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
People have the ability to share specific Muse artifacts, which creates a page that can be accessed by those with the link.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026

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Among the relics of its decline is a hulking complex of rusted pipes, towers and conveyor belts in Delano, just five miles north of the McFarland chipping yard.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
The landscape flowed in ridges and mountains of faded yellow and whisper pink, where welwitschia–large, low-lying plants that live to be hundreds of years old–sprawled like relics from a Dune film set.

— Samantha Falewée, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2026

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