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hallmark

[hawl-mahrk] / ˈhɔlˌmɑrk /


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Winning tight games was a hallmark of the Patrick Mahomes dynasty during three recent Super Bowl wins, so there was a familiar feeling when Harrison Butker kicked the winning field goal right at the death.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

But this “Our” also aspires to grander things, suggesting inclusivity, a hallmark of Mr. Dudamel’s 17 seasons at the Los Angeles Philharmonic, where he achieved international fame.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Spiro claimed he contacted the production “multiple times” and “requested an opportunity to present the facts in the normal fact-checking process that is the hallmark of ethical journalism. You have refused to engage.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Jacobs could recognize the architect’s hallmark design elements showcased in the home, explaining: “The house was living proof of Wright’s hallmark Usonian principle, emphasizing a close connection between a structure and its surrounding environment.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

Shoving back his baseball cap, Neves levered himself into the excavation site, a six-foot, rectangular hole with the right-angled corners and precisely vertical walls that are a hallmark of archaeological investigation.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

In mice, researchers found that ImP reaching the brain increased the accumulation of abnormal beta amyloid and tau proteins, two major hallmarks associated with Alzheimer's disease.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

Charlotte Charles, whose son was killed by US citizen Anne Sacoolas in a road crash outside a Northamptonshire airbase, said the situation had "all the hallmarks" of Harry's case.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Nonetheless, "the crop already has all the hallmarks of producing great, perhaps even exceptional, wines", the group said in a statement.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

Although it’s still one of his most produced works, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” has the hallmarks of an early piece.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

But knowing the hallmarks of classic style will make anyone a better writer, and it is the strongest cure I know for the disease that enfeebles academic, bureaucratic, corporate, legal, and official prose.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

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 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

Silver masque butt-cap, hallmarked for 1723. 4-1/2" barrel; 9-1/4" O.A.; cal. abt .44.

From Murder in the Gunroom by H. Beam Piper

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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