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artifact

[ahr-tuh-fakt] / ˈɑr təˌfækt /






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The novel became an artifact of the contemporary moment.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

And for posterity, his “Experimental Telephone” can be found at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American as an artifact of American enterprise.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 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

This has turned sea silk into a historical artifact rather than a living craft, with only tiny amounts produced today by a small number of artisans.

From Science Daily • Feb. 9, 2026

The artifact was based on the possibility of reviewing every morning, from beginning to end, the totality of knowledge acquired during one's life.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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