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hallmark

[hawl-mahrk] / ˈhɔlˌmɑrk /


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But persistence has been a hallmark of Wrobleski’s career, dating to his college years, when he infamously bounced back from a car hitting him on a scooter, and a baseball breaking his jaw.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

To hide the industrial fixtures, they piled towels, linens and bedding to the ceiling, giving rise to the clutter that became a hallmark of the chain.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

On July 4, Leo is scheduled to visit another port of call for migrants entering Europe, the Italian island of Lampedusa, solidifying the plight of migrants as a hallmark of his papacy.

From Barron's Jun. 12, 2026

Reduced metabolic flexibility has increasingly been recognized as a hallmark of aging and is also associated with diseases such as diabetes.

From Science Daily Jun. 11, 2026

That is a hallmark of classic style, or for that matter any good style.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

But hallmarks of Mr. Glass’s writing are also present—arpeggiated figures, surging harmonies and relentless rhythms chief among them.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

One of the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease is the buildup of beta-amyloid plaques in the brain.

From Science Daily Jun. 19, 2026

The “sporadic downloads,” Meta says, “exhibit the hallmarks of personal use,” not corporate strategy.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

He said that omission had "the hallmarks of a witness trying to portray a certain picture".

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

It featured the hallmarks of most pre-school literature: repetition, some kind of annoying rhyming, and bold-faced scientific lies.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan

Her technique stems from the art of Mexican son jarocho, a folkloric style of music native to Veracruz, hallmarked by the concurrent strumming of such string instruments as harps and guitars.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 11, 2022

Opening on Wednesday and set to continue until next May is a trial hallmarked to go down in history.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2021

Durable, warm, and waterproof, the thick woolen material became a farmer favorite, hallmarked by small, often-subtle crisscross patterns known as “shepherd’s check” or “houndstooth,” the latter named for its jagged, incisor-like appearance.

From National Geographic Jan. 14, 2021

The case is engraved with a verse from John Donne’s poem “The Canonization” and signed "Bosie," hallmarked Birmingham 1897.

From Fox News Nov. 9, 2018

Finally the State connects all these hundreds of offices and posts in its hands with the obligation of being trained and hallmarked in these State schools if one ever wishes to enter this charmed circle.

From Human, All-Too-Human, Part II by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm

Now, using a 3D-printed mould based on an AI blueprint, and streamlining the process in other ways, "I can make this piece in one week" with a few more needed for hallmarking, he said.

From Barron's Feb. 18, 2026

According to Alastair Dickenson, a British silver dealer who has appeared as an expert on the BBC program “Antiques Roadshow” for more than 30 years, English hallmarking has been around for almost 700 years.

From New York Times Mar. 2, 2023

It received a royal charter in 1327 to control the standard of silver and precious metals being sold through the hallmarking system.

From New York Times Nov. 17, 2014

Dr. Lucie has defaced Scagel’s hallmarking dies with deep scrapes, so they cannot be used to create fakes.

From New York Times Mar. 1, 2012

He used Fabergé hallmarking tools to reattribute early 1900s pieces made by other Russian goldsmiths or their French archrival Cartier.

From New York Times Jun. 30, 2011




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