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artifact

[ahr-tuh-fakt] / ˈɑr təˌfækt /






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Through the decades, the road has grown from an American artifact into a global symbol of small-town Americana.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

The second artifact was a much smaller piece of willow or poplar wood that also showed evidence of carving and possible use by humans.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2026

The novel became an artifact of the contemporary moment.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

And for posterity, his “Experimental Telephone” can be found at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American as an artifact of American enterprise.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

“I don’t. But the more I think about it...there’s only one artifact that could fit the legend.”

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan




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