Thesaurus results for ARTIFACT

artifact

noun

Definition of artifact

as in fossil

an object made by humans and surviving from an earlier time period The site was full of Stone Age artifacts such as flint tools.

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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 It is filled with thousands of artifacts, photographs, oral histories, and personal items recovered from the site. — Thomas E. Franklin, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026 While one person was buried in the central chamber, the eastern room was almost empty and the western room contained a hoard of artifacts and the remains of some 20 people. — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 11 Sep. 2026 France's passion for paintings, sculptures, ancient artifacts and other valuables and curios is a source of national pride and identity. — ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026 The Niners basically treated their star running back like a precious artifact this offseason, storing him at optimal temperature and humidity, limiting his exposure to light and contaminants. — Andy Behrens, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for artifact

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Noun

Trump’s preference for immediate gratification explains many of his decisions, including defunding scientific and medical research, accelerating fossil-fuel emissions, and denigrating American soft power globally.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026
Lifting the regulations on fossil-fuel power plants has long been expected, Cleetus says.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of fossil

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In addition to etchings and pet nose art, Pratt makes complete keepsake etchings consisting of a pet portrait etching, a pet’s personal item, their paw print and other mementos.

— Yvonne Villasenor, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
The Royal Palace in Oslo has become the center of national mourning, and a massive memorial made of mementos has spontaneously formed in the square in front of it.

— Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of memento

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College football artifacts and trophies were replaced with relics of the dimensional life of Godfrey, best known in Georgia as DeKalb County’s winningest football coach and the coach at Southwest DeKalb from 1983-2012.

— Jack Leo, AJC.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Giant relics that once turned wood pulp into pages of different colors.

— John Lauritsen, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of relic

Noun

The Zombies’ records are notable for their production values, bringing in echoes and other effects for songs that in lesser hands would be simple unadorned rave-ups.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026
The sounds of eventual victory, Tolokonnikov said, might be heard in the echoes of an earlier chapter of Ukrainian history.

— David Brennan, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of echo

Noun

Those truths come together in a series of ands and buts, which layer upon and contradict each other, like the afterimages of Tullock in Stefania Bulbarella’s video design.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
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

Definition of afterimage

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Americans recently and solemnly observed the 25th year remembrance of those attacks.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
Spouses, children, and parents must carry a grief that transcends the military calendar and cannot be confined to a single day of remembrance.

— Cristina Johnson, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2026

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