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hallmark

[hawl-mahrk] / ˈhɔlˌmɑrk /


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During the 2015-16 El Niño season, California didn’t experience elevated rainfall, but did see record coastal erosion, another hallmark of the climate pattern.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Previously, one student had carelessly left in "I would be happy to help you with this research!" -- a hallmark of chatbot-generated text.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Winning tight games was a hallmark of the Patrick Mahomes dynasty during three recent Super Bowl wins, so there was a familiar feeling when Harrison Butker kicked the winning field goal right at the death.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Jacobs could recognize the architect’s hallmark design elements showcased in the home, explaining: “The house was living proof of Wright’s hallmark Usonian principle, emphasizing a close connection between a structure and its surrounding environment.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

Archie’s voice was gentle with assurance, the old gentleness they all recognized as Archie’s hallmark when he was sailing high, wide and handsome.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier

In mice, researchers found that ImP reaching the brain increased the accumulation of abnormal beta amyloid and tau proteins, two major hallmarks associated with Alzheimer's disease.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

Nonetheless, "the crop already has all the hallmarks of producing great, perhaps even exceptional, wines", the group said in a statement.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

Although it’s still one of his most produced works, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” has the hallmarks of an early piece.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Maresca will have wanted the win, no matter how it came, and City achieved it, even though it did carry a lot of the hallmarks of a work in progress.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

There were tears and snits and several small bruises and scrapes, all the hallmarks of a grand party.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

NSW Police said their thoughts and condolences "remain with those who were lucky enough to know, love, and be loved by Mrs Nowland during a life she led hallmarked by family, kindness and community."

From BBC ● May 24, 2023

Her technique stems from the art of Mexican son jarocho, a folkloric style of music native to Veracruz, hallmarked by the concurrent strumming of such string instruments as harps and guitars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2022

Durable, warm, and waterproof, the thick woolen material became a farmer favorite, hallmarked by small, often-subtle crisscross patterns known as “shepherd’s check” or “houndstooth,” the latter named for its jagged, incisor-like appearance.

From National Geographic ● Jan. 14, 2021

The proceedings have offered extraordinary detail of the workings of a Mexican cartel, but have been hallmarked by what is unseen – and kept that way by Judge Brian Cogan.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 3, 2019

The oldest hallmarked Apostle spoon is dated 1493, while the most modern of which we have any record bears the date of 1665.

From Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings by Mary H. Northend

Now, using a 3D-printed mould based on an AI blueprint, and streamlining the process in other ways, "I can make this piece in one week" with a few more needed for hallmarking, he said.

From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026

According to Alastair Dickenson, a British silver dealer who has appeared as an expert on the BBC program “Antiques Roadshow” for more than 30 years, English hallmarking has been around for almost 700 years.

From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2023

It received a royal charter in 1327 to control the standard of silver and precious metals being sold through the hallmarking system.

From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2014

Dr. Lucie has defaced Scagel’s hallmarking dies with deep scrapes, so they cannot be used to create fakes.

From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2012

He used Fabergé hallmarking tools to reattribute early 1900s pieces made by other Russian goldsmiths or their French archrival Cartier.

From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2011




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