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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
Among the artifacts returned by Switzerland is a Benin Eroro, a four-sided ceremonial bell that played a central role in royal rites, political functions, and battle.
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Tessa Solomon,
ARTnews.com,
29 June 2026
The venue functions as both a nightclub and a living exhibit, continuing the performance tradition while surrounded by artifacts documenting the city’s musical legacy.
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J.m. Banks
june 29,
Kansas City Star,
29 June 2026
There will be artifacts from the 1976 bicentennial year, local connections to the Anza expedition, winning entries from the student poster contest and opportunities for visitors to share their hopes for America’s 300th anniversary.
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Hema Sivanandam,
Mercury News,
29 June 2026
The exhibit contains artifacts from Arkansas history and represents multiple areas of the state's past, according to the webpage.
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Jesse Cain,
Arkansas Online,
29 June 2026
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Tessa Solomon,
ARTnews.com,
29 June 2026
The venue functions as both a nightclub and a living exhibit, continuing the performance tradition while surrounded by artifacts documenting the city’s musical legacy.
—
J.m. Banks
june 29,
Kansas City Star,
29 June 2026
There will be artifacts from the 1976 bicentennial year, local connections to the Anza expedition, winning entries from the student poster contest and opportunities for visitors to share their hopes for America’s 300th anniversary.
—
Hema Sivanandam,
Mercury News,
29 June 2026
The exhibit contains artifacts from Arkansas history and represents multiple areas of the state's past, according to the webpage.
—
Jesse Cain,
Arkansas Online,
29 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for artifact
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Working with the British Antarctic Survey, Thomson was mapping the area's rock layers and collected marine reptile fossils to help with future dating efforts.
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Trends in recent decades point to an overall warming of average temperatures in winter as well as fall, spring and summer, from human activities such as fossil-fuel burning that release heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere.
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The Yankees memento will be a part of Sotheby’s upcoming auction of over 170 lots of basketball, baseball, football, tennis, and more sports memorabilia.
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Remember that these items might be standing in the way of allowing other special mementos to truly shine.
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There are also permanent upgrades to health and attack power, as well as rare relics that enable unique skills, like multiple jumps.
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Museum of Miami The Museum of Miami, formerly HistoryMiami, holds the relics and artifacts that were excavated at the Miami Circle.
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Like many public events in wartime Ukraine, the festival blended ordinary leisure with reminders that the war is never far away.
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The most potent reminder of the bloodshed lies in the thousands of people buried under debris.
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There may be echoes of history on George’s first day.
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This gas absorbs that light and also pulses, with this secondary pulse serving as an echo of the first.
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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.
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But her teachers at the school left important afterimages.
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The victims of May 18 deserve more than our remembrance.
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While visiting, travelers can draw the names of crew members, find that person’s name on the marble remembrance wall, read their story in a history book, and throw an orchid into the water in their honor.
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In addition to remnants of textile production, the Søften dig turned up silver scraps, coins and pearls that testify to trade and economic activity in the region.
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In what is now the desert Southwest, Velarde was born among the remnants of the Spanish empire and lived under the flags of Mexico and Texas; briefly, the Confederacy, though his family opposed it; and finally, under the stars and stripes of the United States of America.
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“Artifact.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/artifact. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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