Synonyms for fossil
ˈfɒs əlfos·sil

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1. dodo, fogy, fogey, fossilnoun

   someone whose style is out of fashion

   Synonyms:
   fogy, fogey, dodo

2. fossiladjective

   the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil

   Synonyms:
   fogy, fogey, dodo

3. fossiladjective

   characteristic of a fossil

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1. fossilnoun

   Synonyms:
   petrifaction

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1. fossilnoun

   Associated words:
   paleontology, paleontography, ichnology, fossiliferous, in situ

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1. List of paraphrases for "fossil":

   fossils, mineral, fossil-based, fossilized, fossil-fuel

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1. Myles Allen:

   It will need the development of a capacity for disposing of CO2 on a reasonably large scale, either captured from the air or from emissions from fossil fuels that countries or companies simply cannot bring themselves to leave in the ground.

2. The Holy:

   As she drove across the island to meet with local officials about the opioid crisis, it occurred to her that Puerto Ricans were now suffering at the hands of another set of corporations. Fossil fuel companies had warmed the planet and misled the public about global warming, making billions along the way. It wasn’t so different from what had happened in DePue and Roxana, she thought.Then, she said, God told her to sue Exxon again.

3. Ian Crawford:

   It's a fossil fuel reserve. Like mining all the coal or mining all the oil, once you've mined it … it's gone.

4. Stephen Jay Gould:

   “The modern theory of evolution does not require gradual change. It in fact, the operation of Darwinian processes should yield exactly what we see in the fossil record. It is gradualism that we must reject, not Darwinism.

5. Jesse Bragg:

   It feels like The United States saying the rest of the world,' We've got coal and coal technology ; come buy The United States from us,' they're not here to negotiate a treaty. They're here to sell fossil fuels.