as in footstep
the mark or impression made by a foot mysterious footprints along the beach

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Recent Examples of footprint Hegseth delivered a broader warning to European allies of a lighter U.S. footprint on the continent. David Brennan, ABC News, 12 Feb. 2025 Soccer training facilities require a larger real estate footprint to accommodate multiple fields in addition to interior gyms, recovery amenities, film rooms and more. Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025 But other aspects of the crime scene were puzzling: nothing was taken, and there were no footprints outside the window where the intruder was supposed to have entered. Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025 The Roof Space 2 is a hybrid RTT designed to combine the small packed footprint and expandable living space of a softshell RTT with the ruggedness and ease of use of a hardshell RTT. New Atlas, 1 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for footprint 

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“Footprint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footprint. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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