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artifact

[ahr-tuh-fakt] / ˈɑr təˌfækt /






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Penner, the library's curator of African and Near Eastern Manuscripts, said the actors had been excited to see the text, with Holland being "super interested" in the artifact.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

It is an artifact set in concrete, chiseled away to reveal a replica of the Flatiron Building in New York City.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 17, 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

But they only want him as an AI chatbot or an artifact of banger memes; they don’t want to live in his reality.

From Salon Apr. 5, 2026

If you got lucky, the bad guy would drop an artifact when you killed him.

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

Drawn to the iridescent glass, Saar lined the artifacts on the fence and encouraged her daughters to keep an eye out, too.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

America 250 organisers also buried a time capsule to be opened in 200 years, that included a Coca-Cola bottle, signed copy of the Constitution, and artifacts from the 50 states and US territories.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2026

The bicentennial celebrations took place over the course of a couple of years and memorably included the 26-car American Freedom train, which carried historical artifacts across the country.

From Salon Jun. 30, 2026

Over the following decades, some artifacts gradually made their way back to Turkey.

From Science Daily Jun. 25, 2026

Those factors combined to leave Australia the sole continent still without metal artifacts in modern times.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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