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footprints

noun

plural of footprint

as in footsteps

the mark or impression made by a foot mysterious footprints along the beach

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Recent Examples of footprints Restaurant chains and business model Yum’s three restaurant chains have distinct menus and geographic footprints. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Oct. 2026 Inside was a tumble of papers, some moldy, some with partial footprints, leaves and twigs interspersed among the pages. — Anja Aronowsky Cronberg, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026 The footprints appeared to lead from a window and go over a fence, Strayer said. — Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026 What treatments are available Treatment options generally fall into three tiers, each with different cost and access footprints worth understanding before symptoms escalate. — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026 For the Big Three, with their footprints across Tokyo; Hong Kong; Seoul, South Korea; and Mumbai, India; the Asia trade was a goldmine. — Hugh Son, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026 Solid-state conversion would mean smaller footprints, fewer conversion stages and less copper. — Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026 The footprints suggest humans may have inhabited North America earlier than the timeline supported by currently available genetic evidence. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026 The brand has strong footprints in Italy and a limited distribution in foreign markets including other European countries and Japan. — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026

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footsteps

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George, second in line to the British throne, began attending Eton last September, following in his father Prince William’s footsteps.

— Ilaria Perrotta, Vanity Fair, 27 Oct. 2026
Maria was also, evidently, happy to advise those who wanted to follow in her footsteps.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026

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