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hallmark

[hawl-mahrk] / ˈhɔlˌmɑrk /


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Still, steady consumer spending has been a hallmark of the six-year-old economic expansion.

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

Ruiz is to receive 85kg and Gavi 68.5kg in a tradition that local officials say "has become a hallmark of the municipality for honouring its great athletes".

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Divergence can be the hallmark of a rally when a new industry has taken the market baton, but also a preview of broader market trouble.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

Misfolded α-synuclein is "the pathologic hallmark of Parkinson's disease," he says.

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

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

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Wherever someone’s looking for training or certification, White said there are three hallmarks of a quality program.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

Does American exceptionalism—whose hallmarks are a still-proud belief in egalitarianism and entrepreneurship—extend to matters outside our domestic affairs?

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 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

Similar tribal organization in the past is inferred from archaeological evidence of settlements that were substantial but lacked the archaeological hallmarks of chiefdoms that I shall explain below.

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

NSW Police said their thoughts and condolences "remain with those who were lucky enough to know, love, and be loved by Mrs Nowland during a life she led hallmarked by family, kindness and community."

From BBC May 24, 2023

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

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 proceedings have offered extraordinary detail of the workings of a Mexican cartel, but have been hallmarked by what is unseen – and kept that way by Judge Brian Cogan.

From The Guardian Jan. 3, 2019

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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