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Recent Examples of footprints
Unlike Apollo, which focused on fast flags and footprints in a breakneck race against the Soviet Union, Artemis is striving for a sustainable moon base elaborate enough to satisfy even the most hard-core science fiction fans.
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Marcia Dunn, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
The report highlights the company’s legacy of innovation, demonstrating how process improvements and high-performance products aim to actively help customers reduce their environmental footprints.
—Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 2 Apr. 2026
Because of inflation and changing consumer habits, many big name retailers have been forced to reduce their store footprints, with e-commerce taking up a higher bulk of sales.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
The big push was to put down flags and footprints, not build a base.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 1 Apr. 2026
In 2024, her paw prints joined the hand and footprints of many other renowned surfers immortalized in concrete in Huntington Beach when she was inducted into the hall of fame.
—ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
That would flip two trends — growing footprints and skyrocketing prices — in one piece of legislation.
—Mark Dee
march 28, Idaho Statesman, 28 Mar. 2026
Gosling fell in love with the piece but suggested a version of it with fox faces and fox footprints instead.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 27 Mar. 2026
Safa Sefidgari's baby's footprints.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 26 Mar. 2026
Marcia Dunn, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
The report highlights the company’s legacy of innovation, demonstrating how process improvements and high-performance products aim to actively help customers reduce their environmental footprints.
—Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 2 Apr. 2026
Because of inflation and changing consumer habits, many big name retailers have been forced to reduce their store footprints, with e-commerce taking up a higher bulk of sales.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
The big push was to put down flags and footprints, not build a base.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 1 Apr. 2026
In 2024, her paw prints joined the hand and footprints of many other renowned surfers immortalized in concrete in Huntington Beach when she was inducted into the hall of fame.
—ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
That would flip two trends — growing footprints and skyrocketing prices — in one piece of legislation.
—Mark Dee
march 28, Idaho Statesman, 28 Mar. 2026
Gosling fell in love with the piece but suggested a version of it with fox faces and fox footprints instead.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 27 Mar. 2026
Safa Sefidgari's baby's footprints.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 26 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for footprints
footsteps
Noun
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The footsteps of the children are heavy, running wild.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
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The teenager is looking to follow in his father's footsteps, and counts Black Label Society's Zakk Wylde as his favorite guitarist.—
Ralphie Aversa,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Footprints.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footprints. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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