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as in relic
a tiny often physical indication of something lost or vanished
a few strange words carved on a tree were the only vestige of the lost colony of Roanoke
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Recent Examples of vestige
The decision by the eight-woman, four man jury is sure to reverberate in the halls of power, from Chicago to the state capitol where Madigan, one of the last vestiges of the old Democratic machine built by Mayor Richard J. Daley, held sway for five decades, including nearly 40 years as speaker.
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Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
In a splintered media world, there is only one true vestige of monoculture left: The Super Bowl.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2025
But even when Companion simply wants to entertain you, the film keeps getting under your skin about outsourcing one of the last true vestiges of humanity to the Tech Bro Industrial Complex.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2025
The last remaining vestige of excitement now falls onto which team will claim the fifth and final Champions League qualification spot.
—Brett Koremenos, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
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Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
In a splintered media world, there is only one true vestige of monoculture left: The Super Bowl.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2025
But even when Companion simply wants to entertain you, the film keeps getting under your skin about outsourcing one of the last true vestiges of humanity to the Tech Bro Industrial Complex.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2025
The last remaining vestige of excitement now falls onto which team will claim the fifth and final Champions League qualification spot.
—Brett Koremenos, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vestige
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Perched on the edge of a cliff in Cundinamarca, Colombia, the Hotel Del Salto is a relic of the opulence and horrors of colonialism.—
Josh Rivera,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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The current tariff gap is a relic of that old trade regime.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
16 Apr. 2025
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Her daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, have followed in their mother’s footsteps to raise cancer awareness among young people.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Robert follows in the fancy footsteps of his sister, Bindi, who was crowned the champion of season 21 alongside professional partner Derek Hough (now a judge on DWTS) in 2015.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Two Italian regions particularly show evidence of these first traces.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
23 Apr. 2025
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The coastal waters are a tropical stew of pollutants—industrial wastes including arsenic, cobalt, manganese, nickel, selenium, zinc, and seven other trace metals.—
Stephen S. Hall,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
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This positive development must be juxtaposed against the harsh reality that behind the numbers documenting the massive expansion of the criminal justice footprint in earlier decades lie the personal stories of lives lost, families separated, and communities unnecessarily weakened.—
Stanley Richards,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2025
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Without the footprints, the unprecedented evidence of birds in the ancient ecosystem may have been lost to time: Their fragile, hollow skeletons don’t hold up well.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
26 Apr. 2025
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However, the comet’s remnant is still visible and will be for a few weeks, according to experts.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
19 Apr. 2025
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The space projectile was later identified as a remnant of a battery pallet thrown out of the International Space Station three years earlier.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Vestige.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vestige. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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