artifact

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as in fossil
an object made by humans and surviving from an earlier time period The site was full of Stone Age artifacts such as flint tools.

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Recent Examples of artifact Similar artifacts have been found in Europe dating back to about the same time period. Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025 The director visits sites that figured prominently in D’Annunzio’s reign, such as a present-day apartment building that was then a prison, and reveals surviving traces and artifacts of the regime. Richard Brody, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2025 Since 2023, researchers have identified more than 300 artifacts, according to the study. Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2025 Our colleague Bo Li at the University of Wollongong used optical luminescence dating methods on the layers of earth that contained the artifacts. Ben Marwick, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for artifact
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Noun
  • The circular dots found near the center of the fossil indicate that a predatory marine reptile called a mosasaur took some bites of it.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Assembled ancient genomes from both fossils and compared those to genomes of living animals, such as wolves, jackals and foxes.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Before the journey across the Atlantic, French citizens packed them with gifts and mementos.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Great for wedding inspiration and a memento of their special place for years to come.
    Hayley Bloomingdale, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Keaton’s death was a reminder that not all the cases involved jails that outsourced medical care to private companies.
    Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
  • After the portrait Öztürk paints of ICE detention, her statement turns back to her old life, a reminder of how abruptly her world has shifted.
    Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The report details the state of the relics, which include her body, left arm and heart in Alba de Tormes.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • There are precious antiques and everyday relics, among them dishware, gadgets, and appliances of every era.
    Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The pledge was an echo of a $350-billion investment commitment in the U.S. that Apple made during Trump’s first term when the iPhone was exempted from China tariffs.
    Mae Anderson and Michael Liedtke, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Regulations offer the starkest echo of the Ring’s curse.
    Jon Fleischman, Oc Register, 12 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But her teachers at the school left important afterimages.
    Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Fire to create an afterimage of yourself that projects a beam of light in Valorant.
    Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The funeral service, held at Saint Philip AME Church in Atlanta, brought the city together in remembrance of a life that ended far too soon.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • There is also a Luminaria Ceremony, in remembrance of those who have been lost to cancer.
    Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In the cave site on northern Malta, scientists found trace remnants of the roasted carcasses of red deer, tortoises and birds, as well as the remains of the marine life that once swarmed around Malta.
    Saul Elbein, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
  • This image, captured by a South African radio telescope named MeerKAT, also shows the ghostly, bubble-like remnants of supernovas that exploded over millennia.
    Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 8 Apr. 2025

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“Artifact.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/artifact. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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