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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
The Commonwealth Museum, attached to the Archives building, has great artifacts and even had a copy of the Declaration of Independence.
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David Wade, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
The artifacts offer insight into how ancient Indigenous societies lived, died and interacted with the rainforest.
—ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
The recovered artifacts will be exhibited to the public at the museum before undergoing restoration, Cornel Constantin Ilie, the interim director of the National History Museum of Romania, told the outlet.
—Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
The exhibition features about 140 original artifacts and specimens, including a sculpture of an articulated adult female orca skeleton and a life-size family of three replica orcas.
—City News Service, Daily News, 22 Apr. 2026
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David Wade, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
The artifacts offer insight into how ancient Indigenous societies lived, died and interacted with the rainforest.
—ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
The recovered artifacts will be exhibited to the public at the museum before undergoing restoration, Cornel Constantin Ilie, the interim director of the National History Museum of Romania, told the outlet.
—Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
The exhibition features about 140 original artifacts and specimens, including a sculpture of an articulated adult female orca skeleton and a life-size family of three replica orcas.
—City News Service, Daily News, 22 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for artifact
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Finding Something That Generally Doesn’t Fossilize Octopuses are notoriously difficult to study in the fossil record because their bodies are almost entirely soft tissue.—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Apr. 2026
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So a creature like an octopus — which is made up of almost entirely soft tissue — has been harder to come by in the fossil record.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
24 Apr. 2026
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Neighbors stop by to pay their respects, often leaving flowers and other mementos.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2026
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Their livelihood wasn’t the only thing that was taken away by the fire, Hunter told the outlet that her family also lost several precious family mementos.—
Staff Author,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
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Audiences shunning the movie — which was released across more than 1,000 theaters in the US — is a reminder that art is tricky, even as the kingdom pours billions into building a film industry.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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In addition to this, these products sync with platforms like Google, Apple, and Outlook calendars, enabling real-time updates, shared access, and automatic reminders to reduce miscommunication.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Decades of sidelining this relic have unlocked markets to reward efficiency, innovation and scale — delivering genuine consumer wins at the checkout line.—
Stephen Moore,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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This relic of a production, however, doesn’t feel particularly dangerous, shocking or even gleeful.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
24 Apr. 2026
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Detecting chemical radicals The testing showed that MoQNs maintain full quantum functionality in the cellular environment, performing complex tasks such as spin-echo measurements and relaxometry.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Apr. 2026
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Because what Wilson created with Joe Turner’s Come and Gone is a house of shadows and echoes.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
26 Apr. 2026
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That trailing effect isn’t a smear on its own, but their blades also leave afterimages, duplicate smears, along their path through space.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
19 Aug. 2025
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But her teachers at the school left important afterimages.—
Gia Kourlas,
New York Times,
24 Mar. 2025
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That remembrance of that person also has to wake up, go about their day-to-day life and be okay.—
Adelle Platon,
VIBE.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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Paisley Park, Prince's former home and music studio space, will be hosting a special remembrance event on Tuesday.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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The shell still contained remnants of its original plug and traces of plant material, which were recovered for analysis.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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Using innovative fossil reconstruction techniques, the researchers revealed remnants of two extinct species locked inside large rocks.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Artifact.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/artifact. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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