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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 artifacts
The foundation hosts a permanent collection of art and artifacts that spans the Renaissance period to contemporary art.
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Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026
Alongside restaurant artifacts and other ephemera, one interactive section challenges visitors to assemble orders from inside a realistic pantry before time expires.
—Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 30 Mar. 2026
Alongside the University of Warsaw archaeologists, conservationists are working tirelessly to preserve and restore these paintings and artifacts.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 28 Mar. 2026
The finding suggests these remains may have once been part of a private collection — artifacts or human specimens gathered abroad and brought into the United States at some earlier point in history.
—Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2026
Unlike museums where artifacts are displayed behind glass or cordoned off by velvet rope, many of the aircraft and vehicles making up the collection in the museum’s 30,000-square-foot hangar can be observed up close.
—Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2026
The roughly 10,000-square-foot exhibit will feature about 140 artifacts and specimens, including a life-size replica of an orca family and an articulated skeleton of an adult female orca.
—City News Service, Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
Original records and artifacts were lost in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 25 Mar. 2026
The remains of at least 63 members of the Khoi and San communities had been repatriated from a European museum, part of a wider movement in Africa to bring back remains and artifacts that had been stolen or removed from the continent.
—Mogomotsi Magome, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026
Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026
Alongside restaurant artifacts and other ephemera, one interactive section challenges visitors to assemble orders from inside a realistic pantry before time expires.
—Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 30 Mar. 2026
Alongside the University of Warsaw archaeologists, conservationists are working tirelessly to preserve and restore these paintings and artifacts.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 28 Mar. 2026
The finding suggests these remains may have once been part of a private collection — artifacts or human specimens gathered abroad and brought into the United States at some earlier point in history.
—Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2026
Unlike museums where artifacts are displayed behind glass or cordoned off by velvet rope, many of the aircraft and vehicles making up the collection in the museum’s 30,000-square-foot hangar can be observed up close.
—Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2026
The roughly 10,000-square-foot exhibit will feature about 140 artifacts and specimens, including a life-size replica of an orca family and an articulated skeleton of an adult female orca.
—City News Service, Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
Original records and artifacts were lost in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 25 Mar. 2026
The remains of at least 63 members of the Khoi and San communities had been repatriated from a European museum, part of a wider movement in Africa to bring back remains and artifacts that had been stolen or removed from the continent.
—Mogomotsi Magome, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for artifacts
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Researchers noted that fossils or individual specimens mostly appear after water movement brings them to the surface.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Mar. 2026
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In both cases, the snails and their fossils mostly appear after water movement brings them to the surface — suggesting a larger hidden population living in rock crevices deep underground where water flows.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
30 Mar. 2026
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Friends have been stopping by, leaving notes and mementos, trying to make sense of a tragedy that unfolded in just minutes.—
Shelley Bortz,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
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If a church building closes, artwork, devotional items and other mementos are first offered to a neighboring parish and then to any parish in the Diocese.—
Anna Ortiz,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Mar. 2026
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Until that happens, the ghost bikes will remain — stark, silent reminders of lives cut short and a call for safer streets.—
Alexa Liacko,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid has refused the Guggenheim Bilbao’s request to borrow Pablo Picasso’s Guernica, evoking reminders of a painful political history in Spain, according to Italy’s Il Giornale dell’Arte.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
1 Apr. 2026
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These virtues are not irrelevant relics.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2026
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Those decisions suggest some automakers are starting to treat physical controls not as outdated relics but as useful tools.—
Chris Teague,
AJC.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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Leo’s election has echoes of that of Pope John Paul II, the first non-Italian to be chosen in 450 years and the first from Poland, who became pontiff at the height of the Cold War in 1978.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2026
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These echoes of dance music’s past inject new life into the 25-year-old British artist’s soft-spoken oeuvre.—
Aimee Cliff,
Pitchfork,
3 Apr. 2026
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In the year since, the city has renamed a street in his honor, with the three commemorative benches joining the remembrances to the fallen officer around town.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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The in memoriam segment is expected to include, among many others, remembrances of Robert Redford, Diane Keaton and Robert Duvall.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Mar. 2026
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That said, the Google Maps image clearly shows remnants of the former entrance.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
4 Apr. 2026
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Along with their official duties, Rockingham said the group also had time to visit some of Rome’s significant sites, from a number of famous old churches to some of the remnants of ancient Rome, like the Colosseum.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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At least 33 bodies — including children and dismembered remains stuffed in sacks — were unearthed from a mass grave in western Kenya on Thursday, raising questions about whether the corpses were secretly moved from a hospital morgue.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
29 Mar. 2026
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During their reporting, the two came across reports of dozens of corpses turning up in the area around the time of Aujay’s disappearance.—
Madison Dapcevich,
Outside,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Artifacts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/artifacts. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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