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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
Though work at the site continues during the summer months, many of the artifacts that have been unearthed are now on permanent display at the Fort Ligonier Museum.
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Christopher Derose, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
Get ready for stories that steal the spotlight, and maybe a few priceless artifacts along the way.
—Ashlee Conour, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
To try and get around these limitations, Norberto Gonzalez-Juarbe, an assistant professor of cell biology and molecular genetics at the University of Maryland, and his colleagues at the project analyzed several samples taken from various artifacts.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 7 Jan. 2026
The deposit about 300 miles southeast of Johannesburg is famous for its Stone Age artifacts, including evidence of fire-making.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 7 Jan. 2026
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Christopher Derose, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
Get ready for stories that steal the spotlight, and maybe a few priceless artifacts along the way.
—Ashlee Conour, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
To try and get around these limitations, Norberto Gonzalez-Juarbe, an assistant professor of cell biology and molecular genetics at the University of Maryland, and his colleagues at the project analyzed several samples taken from various artifacts.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 7 Jan. 2026
The deposit about 300 miles southeast of Johannesburg is famous for its Stone Age artifacts, including evidence of fire-making.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 7 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for artifact
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Public power is the answer to this fossil-fuel graft.—
Diana Moreno,
New York Daily News,
10 Jan. 2026
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Like Homo antecessor, the Casablanca fossils have a mix of characteristics from Homo erectus, ourselves and our cousins.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Specializing in full-color tattoos, Ibarra transforms beachfront inspiration into lasting mementos.—
Jessica Vadillo,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Jan. 2026
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Some customers even left with mementos, taking the numbers off of their favorite tables.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Jan. 2026
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For Olivo, those messages were a reminder of the compassion that exists even in moments of sadness.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026
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Occasionally, men on horseback in prison stripes wander past, a reminder of the old trusty system that once existed here.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
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The six-story, century-old brick building is topped with a sixty-five-foot radio tower bearing the Clermont name—an original relic that came down years ago but was proudly resurrected at the hotel’s splashy grand opening in 2018.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Jan. 2026
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Claw machines could have been relics, lost to the ‘90s alongside spitball shooters and mall photobooths.—
Anna Rahmanan,
thehustle.co,
9 Jan. 2026
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This leads to more contemporary echoes in her film, where Amanda doesn’t simply submit to power structures.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
15 Jan. 2026
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Researchers from the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Kyoto University, and partner institutions published a high-resolution 3D reconstruction of the submerged settlement using multibeam echo-sounder surveys combined with historical cadastral maps.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Jan. 2026
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That trailing effect isn’t a smear on its own, but their blades also leave afterimages, duplicate smears, along their path through space.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
19 Aug. 2025
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But her teachers at the school left important afterimages.—
Gia Kourlas,
New York Times,
24 Mar. 2025
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The local police department has its own law enforcement academy, called the Michael Haen Police Academy in remembrance of a reserve officer who was accidentally shot and killed on duty in 1978, according to KCKPD.—
Sofi Zeman
January 13,
Kansas City Star,
13 Jan. 2026
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While Iman did not specify the design’s exact meaning, the message framed the tattoo as both an act of remembrance and a symbol of enduring love.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
11 Jan. 2026
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This stellar remnant is a white dwarf, the exhausted stellar core left over when a star around the same mass as the sun runs out of the fuel for nuclear fusion and sheds its outer layers.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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Inside, the last clusters of conversation continued over champagne and the remnants of that improbable charcuterie spread.—
Rachel Marlowe,
Vanity Fair,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Artifact.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/artifact. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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