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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
Tour the Doty homestead and barn, both from the 1800s, and browse the broad display of museum artifacts.
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Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Sep. 2025
Since then, Martínez and her team have uncovered a multitude of artifacts, including the long tunnel located 43 feet (13 meters) beneath Taposiris Magna discovered in 2022.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
The discovery came a year after a similar excavation at the site yielded foundation deposits and a variety of artifacts, including funerary and ritual objects.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
The museum showcases everything from Native American and colonial artifacts to significant Civil War exhibits.
—Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2025
In addition to the educational pieces and resources that can be found within the Detroit Children’s Museum, artifacts are also regularly shared and presented to students at Detroit schools through the museum’s artifacts lending program.
—Scott Talley, Freep.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Among her more significant findings were the discovery in 2006 of foundation plates dedicating the temple to Isis, along with royal artifacts and many coins bearing Cleopatra's likeness.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
The public can also view other artifacts of our cooking culture here, including the Bundt pan, which of course is a Minnesota invention.
—Molly Guthrey, Twin Cities, 24 Sep. 2025
There are millions of artifacts, objects, specimens and artworks on view at the Smithsonian's 21 museums.
—Elizabeth Blair, NPR, 22 Sep. 2025
Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Sep. 2025
Since then, Martínez and her team have uncovered a multitude of artifacts, including the long tunnel located 43 feet (13 meters) beneath Taposiris Magna discovered in 2022.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
The discovery came a year after a similar excavation at the site yielded foundation deposits and a variety of artifacts, including funerary and ritual objects.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
The museum showcases everything from Native American and colonial artifacts to significant Civil War exhibits.
—Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2025
In addition to the educational pieces and resources that can be found within the Detroit Children’s Museum, artifacts are also regularly shared and presented to students at Detroit schools through the museum’s artifacts lending program.
—Scott Talley, Freep.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Among her more significant findings were the discovery in 2006 of foundation plates dedicating the temple to Isis, along with royal artifacts and many coins bearing Cleopatra's likeness.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
The public can also view other artifacts of our cooking culture here, including the Bundt pan, which of course is a Minnesota invention.
—Molly Guthrey, Twin Cities, 24 Sep. 2025
There are millions of artifacts, objects, specimens and artworks on view at the Smithsonian's 21 museums.
—Elizabeth Blair, NPR, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for artifacts
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Examination of fossils found in the Papo Seco Formation in Portugal in 2016 uncovered a species dubbed Cariocecus bocagei, a medium-sized iguanodontian, according to the paper, published last week in the Journal of Systematic Paleontology.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
23 Sep. 2025
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The fossils include the back half of the skull, a significant portion of the spines, parts of rib, shoulder blades, and bones of the front flipper, according to the study.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
22 Sep. 2025
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And a source recently told PEOPLE that Donna was all about the couple’s love story, even saving mementos from the big day.—
Rachel McRady,
PEOPLE,
22 Sep. 2025
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In July, executives and stakeholders came together to bury a time capsule at the Eden Project in Cornwall, UK, containing mementos, documents and messages from RJC members to symbolize an ongoing commitment to ethical standards in the jewellery and watch industry.—
Kate Matthams,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Even routine activities can reveal these relics.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Sep. 2025
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Interesting relics were then revealed, including what’s believed to be a Ford Model T and concrete steps that led to nowhere, The Charlotte Observer previously reported.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
18 Sep. 2025
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Adding medications here does not create reminders.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Put reminders in your calendar.—
Jordan Green,
Nashville Tennessean,
26 Sep. 2025
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Storms, on the other hand, usually show more irregular shapes, often with strong echoes and rapid changes in intensity, and are accompanied by other weather signals like clouds, lightning and precipitation.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Nashville Tennessean,
26 Sep. 2025
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Geppert feels there are echoes of the Nazism that once took over her native land now playing out in the United States.—
Darcie Moran,
Freep.com,
21 Sep. 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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Since then, several remembrances and vigils have been held across the country to honor Kirk.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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It's been a year since the remnants of Hurricane Helene walloped eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina with devastating and deadly flooding, and forcing most rafting companies to cease operations.—
Rolando Arrieta,
NPR,
29 Sep. 2025
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Rolsky agrees with many others that these PVA remnants are too dissolved to define them as microplastics—but for him, that’s precisely the problem.—
Matt Fuchs,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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The vengeful, eponymous matriarch, played by German actress Maja Tervooren (Maren Eggert), has killed her children and attempts to present their bloodied corpses to her husband Jason, embodied fiercely by French-Senegalese star Nourou Cissokho (Jean-Christophe Folly).—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
28 Sep. 2025
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Brady’s troop of photographers appear to have sometimes moved corpses to compose a better shot.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Artifacts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/artifacts. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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