In a sentence
Six example sentences with artifact, each labelled with its topic.
Every artifact in the case was made by hand: a bronze razor, a clay lamp, and two carved gaming pieces.
History
The sculptor treats a rusted hinge as an artifact worth framing, arguing that human hands shaped every curve of it.
Art
She photographs each artifact against gray paper, so the shape of the tool rather than the table holds your eye.
Photography
The museum lets visitors hold one artifact, a bronze coin, so the past stops being something behind glass.
Travel
Archaeologists date each artifact by the soil layer it sits in, since a pot cannot be younger than the earth above it.
Science
Philosophers ask when an artifact stops being itself, if a ship has every plank replaced over a century.
Philosophy
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Found in 6 published word lists
- New Academic Word List (Browne/Culligan/Phillips 2013)Authoritative
- Israeli Psychometric English dictionary (Campus IL / NITE)Authoritative
- Computer Science Word ListAuthoritative
- Manhattan Prep 1000 GRE WordsRecognized
- 5000 GRE Words (widely used study list)Recognized
- SparkNotes 1000 SAT WordsRecognized
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