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Recent Examples of footprints
Glossy floors—especially in darker colors—reflect footprints, pet hair, dust, and dirt.
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Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2025
In this age of money ruling all things program building — not historical blue blood status or high school geographic recruiting footprints — anyone can change the course of history with the right coach and a boatload of cash (hello, Indiana).
—Matt Hayes, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2025
Other team members continued conducting surface and CT imaging of the skeleton and studied fossilized footprints.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2025
Our footprints and our contribution in this country, no one will ever be able to take that away or erase it.
—Daniela Avila, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
The footprints, hundreds of them, were made by colossal beasts that roamed the earth 166 million years ago.
—Ian King, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
In addition, this design makes for smaller land footprints and eliminates the need for the extremely expensive civil engineering works required for earlier reactor designs.
—New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2025
The legend of the Mogollon Monster has persisted for decades, fueled by reports of sightings, eerie encounters and unexplained footprints.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Some of Edwards’s jewelry was missing, and the killer was said to have left behind his muddy footprints.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2025
In this age of money ruling all things program building — not historical blue blood status or high school geographic recruiting footprints — anyone can change the course of history with the right coach and a boatload of cash (hello, Indiana).
—Matt Hayes, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2025
Other team members continued conducting surface and CT imaging of the skeleton and studied fossilized footprints.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2025
Our footprints and our contribution in this country, no one will ever be able to take that away or erase it.
—Daniela Avila, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
The footprints, hundreds of them, were made by colossal beasts that roamed the earth 166 million years ago.
—Ian King, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
In addition, this design makes for smaller land footprints and eliminates the need for the extremely expensive civil engineering works required for earlier reactor designs.
—New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2025
The legend of the Mogollon Monster has persisted for decades, fueled by reports of sightings, eerie encounters and unexplained footprints.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Some of Edwards’s jewelry was missing, and the killer was said to have left behind his muddy footprints.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for footprints
footsteps
Noun
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Amelia Brown Frazier’s son, Owsley Brown Frazier, followed in his mother’s philanthropic footsteps.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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Today, guests say the laughter hasn’t faded entirely, with reports of footsteps, flickering lights and phantom chatter ringing through the halls.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Footprints.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footprints. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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