Thesaurus results for ARTIFACTS

artifacts

noun

plural of artifact

as in fossils

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 mementos

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 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 An avid collector of Old Hollywood artifacts, in 2014, Johns acquired a box at auction filled with autographed photographs—including one personally inscribed by Marilyn Monroe—and documents connected to celebrity facialist Madame Renna. — Lauren Valenti, InStyle, 9 Sep. 2026 And unlike other eye-catching artifacts such as jewels, paintings can’t be chopped up and sold for parts without losing their entire worth. — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026 The three scoured data collected by the Chandra space telescope between 1999 and 2017 and painstakingly filtered out any random artifacts and other junk. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2026 The building is well laid out and easy to navigate; it’s perfectly designed to highlight the art and artifacts. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026 Security teams should prioritize execution paths where code can access secrets, create persistence or make system changes, then apply pre-execution controls that can stop or constrain artifacts when their behavior falls outside policy. — Ken Ammon, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026 The station, which opened in December 2025, contains a multi-floor underground museum showcasing artifacts unearthed during years of construction work on a new metro line. — Antonia Mortensen, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026 The book benefits from an array of documents, artifacts and writings left behind by Powell in three storage units, one of which contained about 1,000 pairs of shoes, which Bantom eventually donated for charity. — Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 1 Sep. 2026

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Noun

Importantly, all of this imaging was possible without damaging Scotty’s priceless fossils.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2026
See fossils of the 14-foot, 20,000-pound mammoths that used to roam around Texas.

— Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of fossils

Noun

The star has become a makeshift memorial in the days since Parton’s death, where fans have placed flowers, photos, candles, and other mementos.

— Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Sep. 2026
After months of waiting, families are finally getting back personal mementos from the former Delaware County Memorial Hospital in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania.

— Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of mementos

Noun

In one glass case sits a face shield, a vaccine vial and a large bottle of hand sanitizer — already considered relics of another time.

— Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2026
The ancient container was discovered among other relics at an underwater site on Old Earth by a team of worker bots.

— Jim Greer, SPIN, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of relics

Noun

In that sense, these figures are best viewed not as perfectly precise scores, but as reminders of how quickly forces of nature can overwhelm entire societies.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026
These short, simple interactions became reminders that kindness doesn't always have to be grand to be meaningful.

— Laurel Dalrymple, NPR, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of reminders

Noun

For some supporters, there were alarming echoes of last year’s Hugo Ekitike ‘hijacking’.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
The Wall Street Journal's Jason Zweig, who has a comprehensive grasp of financial history and a deft touch for illuminating it, explores the echoes here.

— Michael Santoli, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of echoes

Noun

Now, after her death at age 92, notable figures from politics to pop culture are offering their remembrances — and personal thanks — to the feminist icon.

— Rachel Treisman, NPR, 3 Sep. 2026
In addition to the historical displays and remembrances, Bennett said, there will be music courtesy of local band Emerald City and games and activities for children.

— Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of remembrances

Noun

Wingard confirms that remnants of the organization are very much behind Onslaught’s more unyielding super-soldier program.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
Days of more intense weather are ahead — extreme heat and high humidity — after a dramatic weekend of coastal flooding, rain and dangerously high surf brought by remnants of Tropical Storm Marie.

— Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of remnants

Noun

There are cases of Jewish corpses being abused on their way to the cemetery; and even one instance of a father watching as his son was stabbed to death in the street.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026
Homecoming aside, there’s still the Trawler to worry about, a fact we’re reminded of when another victim turns up on a playground, this time with a pentagram carved into his back and fish corpses shoved into his wounds.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026

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