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
  • For 45 years, Alyson Dee Moore made the sounds that movies needed — the footsteps, the rustling clothes and doors swinging shut.
    — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026
  • If this goes as planned, Thompson would follow in the footsteps of Dwyane Wade, whose Heat preretirement reunion was a rousing success, or Ray Allen, who was a key component on a Heat team that won a title and another that made the NBA Finals.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of footsteps
Noun
  • The majority of home construction across the state continues to be single-family homes — with increasingly large footprints — or the classic four- or five-story apartment building, usually for rent, Fulton said.
    — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Analysts overlay maps with regulatory zones, demographics, zoning rules, competitive footprints, and cost surfaces.
    — Brian Cross, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of footprints
Noun
  • The Mamdani administration has taken encouraging steps, including offering free naloxone by mail through its Just in Case campaign and investing $12 million to train and employ 500 additional peer specialists.
    — Joel Teron, New York Daily News, 31 Aug. 2026
  • That combination—a hard deadline six years out and a Congress that can’t agree on next steps—is precisely what Shedden says is pushing clients toward the exits early, even though claiming at 62 locks in a permanently smaller monthly check for life.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of steps
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“Footmarks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footmarks. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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