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hoofprints

noun

plural of hoofprint
as in footprints

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  1. footprints
  2. steps
  3. footsteps
  4. ruts
  5. prints
  6. paths
  7. trails
  8. tracks
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
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
  • Fill ruts, depressions, and holes with topsoil and either turf or plants.
    — Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Sand can fill ruts and low spots caused by foot traffic or lawn mower paths.
    — Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of ruts
Noun
  • Breona, who has participated every year, sold three original paintings and numerous prints during the weekend.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2026
  • This year’s collection was no different, but the brand hit it out of the park with the use of animal prints in their latest footwear designs.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of prints
Noun
  • Rather, the issue is a combination of shadowing (physically blocking radar signal paths), clutter, multipath reflections, and moving turbine blades that makes the radar picture messy.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Readiness is demonstrated when the team can use its actual tools, telemetry, playbooks and escalation paths to detect, investigate, contain and recover from an attack.
    — David Etue, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of paths
Noun
  • The beach is right there for swimming and paddleboarding when the surf is calm, and the trails through the dunes are manageable for kids old enough to walk them without being carried.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Exhibitions fill Yester House and the Wilson Museum, while outside you’ll find Vermont’s largest sculpture park, walking trails, and views of both the Taconic and Green Mountains.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of trails
Noun
  • With all that said, there are still a lot of pleasures in this production that remain failsafe, even after the ride toward a way-too-inevitable outcome is firmly on its tracks.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Leigh feared the tracks might be too arch, too pretentious, too insincere.
    — Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of tracks
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“Hoofprints.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoofprints. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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