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as in relic
a tiny often physical indication of something lost or vanished
a few strange words carved on a tree were the only vestige of the lost colony of Roanoke
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Recent Examples of vestige
Crafted nearly a century ago, the home is filled with eye-catching vestiges of the past alongside modern upgrades.
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Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2025
Big marquee filmmakers started coming into that space, because that was the only vestige for them.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2025
The tracks, gun-barrel straight, are some of the only working vestiges of the Cape-to-Cairo railway, the 19th century British imperial boondoggle that aimed to tie the continent together from Egypt to South Africa.
—The Editors, Outside, 31 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, colleges nationwide are eliminating any remaining vestiges of diversity, equity and inclusion programs and shuttering multicultural centers lest the government come after them.
—Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 27 Aug. 2025
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Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2025
Big marquee filmmakers started coming into that space, because that was the only vestige for them.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2025
The tracks, gun-barrel straight, are some of the only working vestiges of the Cape-to-Cairo railway, the 19th century British imperial boondoggle that aimed to tie the continent together from Egypt to South Africa.
—The Editors, Outside, 31 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, colleges nationwide are eliminating any remaining vestiges of diversity, equity and inclusion programs and shuttering multicultural centers lest the government come after them.
—Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vestige
Noun
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Several more of the empress's brooches were also on display in the gallery, including some known as reliquary brooches, which are constructed to hold a sacred relic, a symbol of Eugénie’s Catholic faith.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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The Louvre houses over 33,000 works spanning antiquities, sculpture, and painting — from Mesopotamian artifacts and Egyptian relics to masterpieces by European artists.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
19 Oct. 2025
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The director will be feted with the Lumière Award in front of a 3,000-strong crowd at the festival on Friday evening, following in the footsteps of Clint Eastwood, Martin Scorsese, Jane Fonda, Francis Ford Coppola, Quentin Tarantino, Tim Burton and Isabelle Huppert.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
17 Oct. 2025
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Both networks are following in the footsteps of SpaceX's Starlink megaconstellation, which currently consists of more than 8,600 operational spacecraft and is growing all the time.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Even trace concentrations can affect algae and fish, creating ripple effects across ecosystems.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Oct. 2025
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His warning comes just days after Beijing unveiled sweeping new export controls that would require companies worldwide to seek Chinese approval before shipping thousands of products containing even trace amounts of rare earths.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
13 Oct. 2025
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Beyond their vast digital footprint, the brothers are also both authors and entrepreneurs.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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The research team also revealed that the system is optimized for 625 parametric building designs covering different energy use intensities (EUI) and geometric configurations, defined by façade area-to-volume, length-to-width, and height-to-footprint ratios.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Oct. 2025
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As early as the 1620s, the Dutch and English settlers who established farming and fishing communities came into conflict with the remnants of Algonquian-speaking peoples.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Oct. 2025
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One of his sons found the remnants of his blood in the street.—
Mara H. Gottfried,
Twin Cities,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Vestige.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vestige. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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