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[hawl-mahrk] / ˈhɔlˌmɑrk /


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Still, steady consumer spending has been a hallmark of the six-year-old economic expansion.

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

Ruiz is to receive 85kg and Gavi 68.5kg in a tradition that local officials say "has become a hallmark of the municipality for honouring its great athletes".

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

“That’s been a hallmark of my friend Lindsey Graham all these years.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

They found that forcing proteins inside neurons to clump together, a hallmark of many neurodegenerative diseases, can trigger this destructive process.

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

But in one vital respect Josquin made a departure, and one that was to become a hallmark of the music of the age.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Wherever someone’s looking for training or certification, White said there are three hallmarks of a quality program.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

Rising yields and uncertainty about central banks’ commitment to stable prices, hallmarks of the 1970s, later required draconian rate hikes to repair.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Their study found that KCL-286, an experimental drug originally developed for spinal cord injury that has already passed Phase 1 safety trials, reduced multiple hallmarks of Alzheimer's in a mouse model.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

The “sporadic downloads,” Meta says, “exhibit the hallmarks of personal use,” not corporate strategy.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

Key hallmarks of this transition included the development of agriculture, metallurgy, complex technology, centralized government, and writing.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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

Opening on Wednesday and set to continue until next May is a trial hallmarked to go down in history.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2021

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 case is engraved with a verse from John Donne’s poem “The Canonization” and signed "Bosie," hallmarked Birmingham 1897.

From Fox News Nov. 9, 2018

Silver masque butt-cap, hallmarked for 1723. 4-1/2" barrel; 9-1/4" O.A.; cal. abt .44.

From Murder in the Gunroom by Piper, H. Beam

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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