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artifact

Definition for artifact

noun as in antique

Strongest matches

antiquity, heirloom, relic

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bygone, monument, rarity, ruin, vestige

Weak match

objet d'art

noun as in fabrication

noun as in handicraft

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Both regions are also relatively humid, which the researchers suggest may have helped protect artifacts placed inside the tombs.

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Musically, the film is best viewed and heard as an artifact: Lennon’s voice is in great shape, but he wasn’t in his most fertile songwriting stage, mostly because he’d focused on message songs.

Besides artifacts from pop music, rock ’n’ roll and Tejon cultural history, Kelley said, “We are going to have some Buck Owens memorabilia. It just wouldn’t be right not to.”

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“A growing number of thefts seems to target museum artifacts with high material rather than just artistic value,” said Bernd Ebert, general director of the Dresden State Art Collections.

The tourists come to see statues and artifacts of the ancient world.

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

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