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as in relic
a tiny often physical indication of something lost or vanished
a few strange words carved on a tree were the only vestige of the lost colony of Roanoke
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Recent Examples of vestige
And some states, including Pennsylvania and New Hampshire, still maintain vestiges of this old system.
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Ian Millhiser, Vox, 5 Feb. 2025
His films delighted in collapsing the city’s past and its present together, in discovering cultural and architectural vestiges of an older Los Angeles tucked in among the city’s newer façades.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2025
What’s worse, the very concept of a subminimum wage is a vestige of slavery.
—Robert Jackson, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2025
In our view, the next 12 months will shatter the last vestiges of NCAA amateurism, sever the connection between the SEC and Big Ten and all other conferences and, quite possibly, spark the beginning of the end of 68-team perfection.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2025
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Ian Millhiser, Vox, 5 Feb. 2025
His films delighted in collapsing the city’s past and its present together, in discovering cultural and architectural vestiges of an older Los Angeles tucked in among the city’s newer façades.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2025
What’s worse, the very concept of a subminimum wage is a vestige of slavery.
—Robert Jackson, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2025
In our view, the next 12 months will shatter the last vestiges of NCAA amateurism, sever the connection between the SEC and Big Ten and all other conferences and, quite possibly, spark the beginning of the end of 68-team perfection.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vestige
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Some are more broadly applicable, such as a relic that reduces the Duchess’ skill cooldown timer.—
Josh Broadwell,
Rolling Stone,
19 Feb. 2025
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Spot a massive chedi (a Buddhist monument containing relics) and gilt Buddha statues at Wat Yai Chai Mang Kon, a temple from the earliest era of the Ayutthaya Kingdom.—
Cat Sposato,
AFAR Media,
18 Feb. 2025
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View Comments Following the footsteps of her fashion forefathers is also difficult because of high costs and red tape.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN,
22 Feb. 2025
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The book traced his family’s journey from Texas to Los Angeles in the late 1950s, following in the footsteps of millions of African Americans who escaped the Jim Crow South to the promise of the North and West. Moses moved in with his grandmother in Watts.—
Libor Jany,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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Amid the investigation, trace amounts of DNA found on a knife sheath at the scene of the 2022 murders in Moscow, Idaho, did not show up in law enforcement CODIS databases.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
20 Feb. 2025
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But the pizza videos show that people still yearn for that trace of meanness, that disregard for niceties — that implicit demonstration of a brutal capacity for honesty.—
Willy Staley,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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Although prevalent in denim, indigo has a footprint that extends to art and craft, as well as spirituality and science.—
Carved in Blue,
Sourcing Journal,
26 Feb. 2025
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Originally a home for music videos and reruns of popular Black sitcoms, BET developed a footprint in news, stand-up comedy, talk shows, reality and original series programming, with projects from Tyler Perry, Lee Daniels and Kevin Hart.—
Derek Lawrence,
Variety,
26 Feb. 2025
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The remnants of its blue shipping crate, sealed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York weeks earlier, were scattered on a nearby ledge, nails poking through plywood.—
Mike Ives,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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Although the polarization blocks a significant honeymoon period, this is likely the remnants of that.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Vestige.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vestige. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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