Thesaurus results for ARTIFACT

artifact

noun

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 The Roman finds are among the artifacts archaeologists value most, the AP reported, though the team hopes to uncover evidence of the Gauls, who predated the Romans in the area. —

Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026 If he is found to have taken and sold the artifacts, he could be removed from the priesthood, and charges could be referred to law enforcement for criminal prosecution. —

Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 19 June 2026 Many of the artifacts have been returned over the past few decades, including some from American museums. —

Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 19 June 2026 Among the thousands of objects in the museum collection are artifacts from regular voters inspired by the former president. —

Michael Loria, USA Today, 19 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for artifact

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That hypothesis remains tentative; the fossil record is fragmentary enough that ruling out opportunistic or scavenging behavior is difficult.

— Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
Far from lumps of rock, the trojans, along with DJ and Dinkinesh (which is the Ethiopian name for the Lucy fossil), are windows into the past, and the storytellers of the Earth's most ancient history.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 19 June 2026