artifact
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The second artifact was a much smaller piece of willow or poplar wood that also showed evidence of carving and possible use by humans.
From Science Daily • May 24, 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
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 agreeable nullity of Leon’s life was a polished artifact, its ease deceptive, its limitations achieved by invisible hard work and the accidents of character, none of which she could hope to rival.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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