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artifact

[ahr-tuh-fakt] / ˈɑr təˌfækt /






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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

Like everything she touches, it’s a costly artifact.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2026

“It’s like a cursed artifact that gives you great power to keep up with what’s going on, but at the cost of subtly corrupting your soul,” said the 38-year-old Providence College economics professor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

He could never have imagined that buried somewhere within that treasure was the most extraordinary ancient artifact ever discovered.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler