hallmark
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They found that forcing proteins inside neurons to clump together, a hallmark of many neurodegenerative diseases, can trigger this destructive process.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
The New York Historical showcases the evolution of our nation’s hallmark idea of self-government in a thoughtful, if sometimes pessimistic, exhibition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
As the media landscape continues to evolve, the company has leaned harder into podcasting, home to hallmark shows such as “Stuff You Should Know,” “Questlove Supreme” and “Las Culturistas.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
Gold is the color of false idolatry, the material of gratuitous wealth, a hallmark of authoritarian style, and a metaphor for the folly of prioritizing personal enrichment and glory over everything else.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
Being cool and unruffled was the hallmark of a good detective, so Ophie was the same, even as her heart pounded.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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“It turns out, laughably, that an interest in privacy, and staying quiet about internal feelings, are hallmarks of this condition,” she writes, offering a partial explanation for her wariness of company.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
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
"Scepticism and rigour are hallmarks of the scientific process, which we appreciate and have supported from various academics. We have participated in dialogue and our thorough rebuttal was accepted and published by Nature."
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 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
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
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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 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
The very instrument, it might be said, which stamped Cranley as Johnson, slew Johnson himself, and the process which hallmarked the prisoner as the heir of vast wealth stigmatized him with the brand of Cain.
From The Mark Of Cain by Lang, Andrew
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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