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footmarks

noun

plural of footmark
as in footsteps
the mark or impression made by a foot the police found footmarks in the dirt beneath the window

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  1. footsteps
  2. footprints
  3. steps
Noun
  • Both of his parents played at collegiate level and the youngest of four brothers followed in the footsteps of his three older siblings, all of whom play the Beautiful Game.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Following in Prince Harry’s footsteps, his nephew Prince George, the son of William and Kate, Prince and Princess of Wales, started school on September 8 at Eton College.
    — Annabelle Dufraigne, Architectural Digest, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of footsteps
Noun
  • Ancient footprints and Bronze Age art Experts didn’t believe marks uncovered by a biologist in New Mexico’s White Sands National Park in 2009 were ancient human footprints.
    — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Bones show us how a dinosaur died, but footprints capture a fleeting moment of life.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of footprints
Noun
  • Most of those steps have been blocked by various courts, in part because the Constitution gives states and Congress the authority to set election rules, but provides no such power to the president.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The fact that its AI agents have once again managed to break out of a sandbox suggests that the steps OpenAI has taken to improve security after the Hugging Face attack are insufficient.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of steps
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“Footmarks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footmarks. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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