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as in memento
a lingering indication of something from the past
The spelling of "trough" is an artifact of the way it was originally pronounced.
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Recent Examples of artifact
Beyond the 1904 gold medal, the RR Auctions’ sale featured 384 Olympic artifacts.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025
For the latter, Auberge Saint Antoine, a hotel near the Old Port of Quebec on the St. Lawrence River, offers a luxury experience starting at 230 dollars a night, with rooms decorated to include artifacts found in an archeological excavation of the site during the hotel’s construction.
—Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
French archaeologists have discovered artifacts and sites spanning multiple centuries, from the Late Bronze Age to the medieval era, in Pacé, Brittany, Popular Mechanics reports.
—Francesca Aton For Artnews, Robb Report, 22 Jan. 2025
The images the engineers wound up getting were loaded with defects and artifacts—such a bright source would reveal a multitude of sins in any camera.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 16 Jan. 2025
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025
For the latter, Auberge Saint Antoine, a hotel near the Old Port of Quebec on the St. Lawrence River, offers a luxury experience starting at 230 dollars a night, with rooms decorated to include artifacts found in an archeological excavation of the site during the hotel’s construction.
—Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
French archaeologists have discovered artifacts and sites spanning multiple centuries, from the Late Bronze Age to the medieval era, in Pacé, Brittany, Popular Mechanics reports.
—Francesca Aton For Artnews, Robb Report, 22 Jan. 2025
The images the engineers wound up getting were loaded with defects and artifacts—such a bright source would reveal a multitude of sins in any camera.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for artifact
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The pair then compared the features with other puzzling fossils found in the region over recent years.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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For instance, due to new fossil finds, many dinosaurs are now known to have feathers.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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Her childhood home in the Pacific Palisades was burned to the ground after her elderly parents were forced to evacuate, leaving a lifetime of mementos and memories behind.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
20 Jan. 2025
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Waters uses the space to store some of her three kids’ books and mementos, which helps keep the clutter in their rooms under control.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Jan. 2025
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Her story is a reminder that sometimes the most powerful innovations come not from market research, but from hearing and responding to the real, human needs that often go unspoken.—
William Mullane,
USA TODAY,
1 Feb. 2025
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Kurt’s key takeaway This iOS vulnerability is a serious reminder of the importance of staying up to date with software updates.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
1 Feb. 2025
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Highland is a relic of several bygone eras: one in which burial grounds were segregated by race, but also one where cemeteries played a more active role in community and religious life.—
Natalie Wallington,
Kansas City Star,
25 Jan. 2025
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The pure simplicity of 2-D games like Tecmo Bowl, Pac-Man, and even the raging kitchen fires within The Sims, are relics of a more facile era in gaming.—
David John Chávez,
The Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2025
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The new thermal light echo images revealed the complex structure of the interstellar material, akin to the knots of a wood grain.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
16 Jan. 2025
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The records show violations found at Boar’s Head plants in New Castle, Indiana; Forrest City, Arkansas; and Petersburg, Virginia, and echo problems highlighted at the Jarratt, Virginia plant last year.—
Lauren Irwin,
The Hill,
14 Jan. 2025
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The digital detectors used by the camera suffered from an issue called quantum efficiency hysteresis, or QEH—when WF/PC took an image of a bright object, there was an afterimage left behind that would mess up later observations.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
16 Jan. 2025
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The afterimage of any one scene lasts in the human visual system for fractions of a second, Banna says.—
Charlotte Hu,
Scientific American,
31 Oct. 2024
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Flags flew at full staff at Trump's inauguration on Monday, despite an order from the now former President Joe Biden to lower the flags at half-staff in remembrance of the late President Jimmy Carter.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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When her uncle died, her auntie bought her a City shirt in remembrance of him.—
Charlotte Harpur,
The Athletic,
19 Jan. 2025
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Its priceless artefacts include the Rosetta Stone, the Elgin Marbles (renamed the Parthenon Sculptures by those who believe they should be returned to Greece) and the remnants of an Anglo-Saxon ship burial from Sutton Hoo.—
Caroline Frost,
Deadline,
26 Jan. 2025
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Revealingly, the order about cartels and gangs makes reference to the Alien Enemies Act, a remnant of the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
The New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Artifact.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/artifact. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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