How to Use artifact in a Sentence

artifact

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  • The caves contained many prehistoric artifacts.
  • The piece is both an artifact of the production and a metaphor for its sensibility.
    — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Jon Bernthal struts his stuff as the escort trying to get his laugh back, but this '80s artifact should have been left in the time capsule.
    — Brian Lowry, CNN, 9 Sep. 2022
  • In daylight, the band shell for which the venue is named seems like a mysterious artifact washed ashore from San Diego Bay.
    — Dirk Sutro, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2022
  • Ritual artifacts are usually passed on to whoever is designated heir to the spirit.
    — Percy Zvomuya, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
  • If his theory was correct, and Freud had worked from a key Bacon reference, that would make the painting a remarkable artifact of the artists’ relationship.
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2022
  • More than two years later, Eleven has returned to firing on all cylinders, but a pandemic artifact remains: the majority of employees embrace remote work.
    — oregonlive, 21 Sep. 2022
  • The artifact was found in the Blombos cave in South Africa.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023
  • But the handsome space and the artifacts in it could be just as much of a draw.
    — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2020
  • The Cold War is over and the loser’s artifacts are now pop kitsch.
    — Jonathan Bradley, Billboard, 5 July 2018
  • The effect tends to flicker in and out and have lots of strange artifacts.
    — Jacob Kastrenakes, The Verge, 29 Oct. 2018
  • There have even been discussions in the past about whether the artifact is a forgery.
    — Lauren Kent, CNN, 21 Sep. 2020
  • The first group of artifacts brought in more than $5.2 million, the auction house said.
    — Robert Lee Hotz, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2018
  • But the hot dog stand is not an artifact of a bygone era.
    — Amy Cavanaugh, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 June 2023
  • Southerleigh’s sense of place at the Pearl comes through not just with the food, but with artifacts from the brewing process.
    — Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 24 Oct. 2019
  • In this movie, during the Space Race the robots in disguise leave an artifact on the dark side of the moon.
    — Good Housekeeping, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Here are the important artifacts that were saved from the fire.
    — Elizabeth Gulino, House Beautiful, 17 Apr. 2019
  • Mendenhall likes to comb the beach for artifacts to add to the collection.
    — Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The four-man team hoovered up just about every Alamo artifact that came on the market over the next decade.
    — Chris Tomlinson, San Antonio Express-News, 20 May 2021
  • Other iron artifacts from the same time have also been found around the globe.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 11 Dec. 2017
  • The tool wall is an artifact that puts the work back into artwork.
    — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 June 2021
  • Art defining the present became an artifact of the past.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2022
  • For those of us who were young at the time of its release, the book, then, is a bittersweet artifact.
    — Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2022
  • But the Eye is still a powerful artifact, and that’s what the post-credits scene might be all about.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 4 Oct. 2021
  • The durag has always been an artifact used to protect our crowns.
    — Kevin L. Clark, Essence, 18 June 2022
  • Two of the ancient artifacts are bronze swords, the museum said.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The list, from casino.org, breaks down values by item, sport, type of artifact and value.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 23 May 2021
  • There’s one alien artifact on the north west part of Catty Corner.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 8 June 2021
  • For Sawyer, 68, this type of anxiety is not an artifact but a scar on his heart.
    — Dan Zak, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Doing this requires a balance that includes retaining some traditional and historical artifacts while being open to new influences and ideas that can help organizations move forward.
    — Steve Durbin, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024

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