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artifact

[ahr-tuh-fakt] / ˈɑr təˌfækt /






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It is an artifact set in concrete, chiseled away to reveal a replica of the Flatiron Building in New York City.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

There are vitrines throughout, filled with fine jewelry, asteroid chunks and a brontosaurus tooth; some of them have drink rails, where a martini can rest beside an artifact that’s hundreds of millions of years old.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

But they only want him as an AI chatbot or an artifact of banger memes; they don’t want to live in his reality.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

"At first we assumed it was a measurement artifact or some kind of interference," recalls Schultheiß.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

Some awful artifact from the Age of Mortality.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman




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