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
  • The celebrity barn owls’ saga follows in the footsteps of Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl, who captivated the city for a year after escaping from the Central Park Zoo after someone cut a hole through the mesh of his enclosure.
    — Lincoln Anderson, New York Daily News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • But remarkably few agents followed in Childress’s footsteps; Farris, for example, refused to participate in separations but did not quit, asking his supervisor to assign him elsewhere instead.
    — Francisco Cantú, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of footsteps
Noun
  • Amid these challenges, many leaders are considering shifting their manufacturing footprints.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Other California grocery chains have also had to make major changes to their store footprints.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of footprints
Noun
  • The other two, Descript and Resemble AI, had taken steps to make nonconsensual cloning harder.
    — Muskaan Arshad, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Yet over the past year, Netanyahu has taken steps that angered Trump and others in his administration, including strikes in Lebanon and Gaza that undercut his regional peace efforts.
    — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of steps
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“Footmarks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footmarks. Accessed 4 Nov. 2026.

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