footprints

plural of footprint
as in footsteps
the mark or impression made by a foot mysterious footprints along the beach

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Recent Examples of footprints 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, 30 Oct. 2026 Investigators said there was no snow under the tent and no visible footprints in the snow, which suggests that the tent had been set up before the snow fell. — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026 Restaurant chains and business model Yum’s three restaurant chains have distinct menus and geographic footprints. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Oct. 2026 Inside was a tumble of papers, some moldy, some with partial footprints, leaves and twigs interspersed among the pages. — Anja Aronowsky Cronberg, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026 The footprints appeared to lead from a window and go over a fence, Strayer said. — Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026 What treatments are available Treatment options generally fall into three tiers, each with different cost and access footprints worth understanding before symptoms escalate. — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026 For the Big Three, with their footprints across Tokyo; Hong Kong; Seoul, South Korea; and Mumbai, India; the Asia trade was a goldmine. — Hugh Son, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for footprints
footsteps
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

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“Footprints.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footprints. Accessed 8 Nov. 2026.

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