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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 artifacts
The Louvre houses over 33,000 works spanning antiquities, sculpture, and painting — from Mesopotamian artifacts and Egyptian relics to masterpieces by European artists.
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Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
Founded in 1962, the museum highlights 200 years of canal history through interactive exhibits, original artifacts, and engaging programs that explore how this engineering marvel shaped New York’s communities and culture, past and present.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2025
This isn’t the first time in recent years that the University of Münster has facilitated the return of historical artifacts to Greece.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
The landowner, who happened to be an avid collector of Native American artifacts, retrieved the skull and promptly reported the find to Chief Deputy Dan Becker on June 2, 2025.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 17 Oct. 2025
Archaeologists plan to continue analyzing these artifacts and excavating the area around the ancient basin.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2025
Coppel’s suitcase will be among the artifacts in the museum show.
—Patricia Gallagher Newberry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 Oct. 2025
The discovery is still under analysis, with experts continuing to study the artifacts.
—Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
Mills, who is Native American and has a substantial Indigenous artifacts collection in his home, had recently been gifted an eagle bone whistle, Sparks says.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
Founded in 1962, the museum highlights 200 years of canal history through interactive exhibits, original artifacts, and engaging programs that explore how this engineering marvel shaped New York’s communities and culture, past and present.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2025
This isn’t the first time in recent years that the University of Münster has facilitated the return of historical artifacts to Greece.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
The landowner, who happened to be an avid collector of Native American artifacts, retrieved the skull and promptly reported the find to Chief Deputy Dan Becker on June 2, 2025.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 17 Oct. 2025
Archaeologists plan to continue analyzing these artifacts and excavating the area around the ancient basin.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2025
Coppel’s suitcase will be among the artifacts in the museum show.
—Patricia Gallagher Newberry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 Oct. 2025
The discovery is still under analysis, with experts continuing to study the artifacts.
—Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
Mills, who is Native American and has a substantial Indigenous artifacts collection in his home, had recently been gifted an eagle bone whistle, Sparks says.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for artifacts
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The fossils of the new dinosaur species, named Huayracursor jaguensis, were found in the Santo Domingo Formation in the Andes of La Rioja province in northwestern Argentina, according to a paper Thursday in Nature.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
18 Oct. 2025
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The team used laser ablation mass spectrometry (LA-MS), a technique that uses direct micro-scale sampling to provide high-precision elemental and isotope analyses of solid materials, to scan Neanderthal molars and other hominid fossils.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
17 Oct. 2025
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By the time he was brought in, Assouline and Nike had already begun compiling and photographing some of the numerous mementos from the life and career of Jordan that serve as the backbone of the book, many of which have never been seen.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
16 Oct. 2025
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Rather than mourning, the holiday is about honoring, remembering and joyfully welcoming back the dead with offerings of their favorite foods, drinks, music and personal mementos.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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These once-humble activities are reclaiming their place not as quaint relics, but as powerful tools for well-being.—
Alesandra Dubin,
Southern Living,
21 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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Diane Keaton's death on Saturday has sparked reminders of the risks of pneumonia.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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Speaking from experience, reminders of your condition can often make things much worse — sending you further down a cycle of self-doubt.—
Kevin Frazier,
Twin Cities,
15 Oct. 2025
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The echoes of this feeling resounded clearly three centuries later in the increasing disconnect between suburban mobility and localism.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Oct. 2025
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Taken together — lax credit standards resurfacing, leveraged firms falling out of favor, speculative flows unmoored from fundamentals — the echoes with past turning points are fanning a spirit of discipline among a cohort of big money managers.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
17 Oct. 2025
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Keaton's final post has also become a memorial wall for fans to post messages and remembrances.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
11 Oct. 2025
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Still, we get thrown into this brave new world of doors and remembrances all too hastily, without any attempts at a thematic or visual world-building.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
16 Sep. 2025
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That means most likely the charter will happen in April but the pressure will be on, since some remnants of the French frigate have been recently uncovered, meaning the legend is real.—
Chrissie McClatchie,
Robb Report,
20 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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Rasoulof couldn’t be more blunt about the fact that success within Iran’s imposing bureaucracy means crushing other people, and sometimes walking over their corpses.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Oct. 2025
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Clearly, their architectural features confound the birds, turning the buildings into death traps where volunteers find corpses again and again.—
NPR,
NPR,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Artifacts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/artifacts. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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