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artifact

[ahr-tuh-fakt] / ˈɑr təˌfækt /






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The wide spread may have been a lingering artifact of the Eurozone debt crisis that followed the financial crisis, but either way, it has started to widen.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

AI is a human artifact, engineered for profit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

He was the genuine artifact, the son of an impoverished Minnesota miner; a lumberjack and a steelworker in his youth.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026

By the museum’s front steps, in the shadow of the main building, Qassem Hassan Nasser leaned in close with a camera and snapped a high-resolution photo of a wooden artifact.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Only that incredibly powerful artifact could have done this.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

The wealth of artifacts discovered in the area likely informed its name.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Newer generative AI systems can create footage that lacks many of the obvious artifacts associated with earlier deepfake technology, making them a more difficult target for detectors trained primarily on older forms of manipulation.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

In addition, the museum’s curators tended to be specialized in material culture — collecting and studying the museum’s several million objects and artifacts — rather than in conceptual storytelling.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

At Huxley-Parlour, SaraNoa Mark’s chunky cast-glass sculptures look like fragments of artifacts from an ancient alien civilization.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

There are more photos, life-sized cutouts, and artifacts.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas


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