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artifact

Definition for artifact

noun as in antique

Strongest matches

antiquity, heirloom, relic

Strong matches

bygone, monument, rarity, ruin, vestige

Weak match

objet d'art

noun as in fabrication

noun as in handicraft

noun as in relic

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Example Sentences

As the early decades of car culture and roadside design begin to shrink in the rear-view mirror, historians and preservationists say public officials are increasingly wrestling with the question of which artifacts to protect.

They ensure that no cultural artifacts will be disturbed.

We were in front of what she said is the museum’s most popular display: artifacts from when Italian Americans were the despised immigrants of the day.

Near it was a banner that said “Death to Israel” — an artifact from when an Iranian-backed militia controlled his neighborhood.

Ultimately, all we come away with are some cheap laughs at online culture, which dates “Love Me” to its own time and place — an artifact not even of now but the recent past.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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