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artifact

[ahr-tuh-fakt] / ˈɑr təˌfækt /






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And while the Labor Department has registered a productivity pickup in recent years, Barclays economists argue that this is probably just an artifact of the whipsawing of the labor market following the Covid-19 shock.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

However, Aephraim Steinberg, one of the authors of that 1993 paper, was not so quick to accept this dismissal of the negative time as an artifact.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

Researchers from UCL and the Natural History Museum, London analyzed the rare artifact, which offers a striking look at the intelligence and technical abilities of early human ancestors.

From Science Daily Jul. 27, 2026

Penner, the library's curator of African and Near Eastern Manuscripts, said the actors had been excited to see the text, with Holland being "super interested" in the artifact.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

I picked up a fork and looked at it the way I had my toothbrush, like it was some artifact from another world.

From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz

The research arrives as the British Museum prepares to open a major exhibition featuring the Bayeux Tapestry, one of the best-known surviving artifacts connected with the Norman Conquest.

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

Using geometric and statistical techniques that had not previously been applied to these artifacts, the team reconstructed the directions, angles, and paths of the engraved lines.

From Science Daily Aug. 9, 2026

"Israel feels responsible to look after the archaeology, the artifacts, the history of this land," he says.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

The chance discovery led to one of the greatest archaeological finds in modern history, and the artifacts from Sanxingdui stirred questions that still perplex experts four decades later.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

At lunch in the auditorium, Quentin fingered them like they were holy artifacts.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam




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