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as in memento
a lingering indication of something from the past
The spelling of "trough" is an artifact of the way it was originally pronounced.
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Recent Examples of artifact
While these artifacts and foodstuffs deteriorate and disappear, the trees survive, allowing today’s researchers to make educated guesses about the lost objects.
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Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 27 Feb. 2025
Colorado unions and the state legislature are pushing for the state to stand with workers by repealing this anti-union artifact.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
Temporarily located on the first two floors of Belgian House (a local events space housing a rotation of exhibits in the city) as the main building undergoes a major renovation, this collection of artifacts from Roman Cologne showcases life and luxury for the empire’s elite military class.
—Cat Sposato, AFAR Media, 26 Feb. 2025
Those artifacts had often been dismissed as the products of extinct human relatives, rather than our own species.
—Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
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Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 27 Feb. 2025
Colorado unions and the state legislature are pushing for the state to stand with workers by repealing this anti-union artifact.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
Temporarily located on the first two floors of Belgian House (a local events space housing a rotation of exhibits in the city) as the main building undergoes a major renovation, this collection of artifacts from Roman Cologne showcases life and luxury for the empire’s elite military class.
—Cat Sposato, AFAR Media, 26 Feb. 2025
Those artifacts had often been dismissed as the products of extinct human relatives, rather than our own species.
—Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for artifact
Noun
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Only this, the researchers say, could have provided the extreme temperatures (in excess of 950 degrees Fahrenheit) and subsequent rapid cooling to create the glass brain fossil.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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This particular combination of fossils and minerals is particularly telling.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
25 Feb. 2025
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Inside each figure – in the chest, near the heart – Lowenstein placed a plastic bag containing a memento of the person who died: including a shoelace, a sock, an earring and photos.—
Faith Karimi,
CNN,
23 Feb. 2025
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In the language and culture of Germany, such mementos of the Holocaust have created awkward stumbling blocks along the AfD’s path to power.—
Simon Shuster/Berlin,
TIME,
22 Feb. 2025
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For 25 years, this scar on the city remained a haunting reminder of what was lost until construction finally began after delays in 1994.—
Michael Wells,
Kansas City Star,
9 Mar. 2025
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The panel closed with a reminder that success isn’t just about individual achievement but also about building meaningful relationships.—
Colin Cerniglia,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Mar. 2025
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These images show a grainy violet sea, bright vistas, chipped marble relics and blurred figures.—
Nina-Sophia Miralles,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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It was established by then-president Barack Obama in 2015 to protect the region’s biodiversity including tule elk, relic prairies and riparian habitat.—
Ari Plachta,
Sacramento Bee,
28 Feb. 2025
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There are also echoes of The Exorcist when The Man (Neil Sandilands) arrives, a cryptic, bearded shaman whose presence is about as reassuring as Mel Gibson on a good day.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
9 Mar. 2025
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But there were also echoes of resentment from pop fans who criticized Gomez for feigning helplessness instead of taking action, despite her promising to do so in the clip.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
1 Mar. 2025
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Fire to create an afterimage of yourself that projects a beam of light in Valorant.—
Mike Stubbs,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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The digital detectors used by the camera suffered from an issue called quantum efficiency hysteresis, or QEH—when WF/PC took an image of a bright object, there was an afterimage left behind that would mess up later observations.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
16 Jan. 2025
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Set in the Alentejo region of southern Portugal, where Mateus was raised, a peasant community of grape-pickers become agents in an open-air ritual of remembrance and rebellion.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
26 Feb. 2025
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Peacock’s Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy, now streaming, veers between probing the investigation into his death and delivering a sentimental remembrance of the beloved star of sitcom juggernaut Friends.—
Kevin Dolak,
The Hollywood Reporter,
25 Feb. 2025
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Meghan Markle is still holding onto a remnant of her Suits era.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
3 Mar. 2025
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This leaves a stellar remnant with between one and two times the mass of the sun condensed into a width of around 12 miles (20 kilometers).—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Artifact.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/artifact. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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