vestiges

noun

plural of vestige
1
as in relics
a tiny often physical indication of something lost or vanished a few strange words carved on a tree were the only vestige of the lost colony of Roanoke

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2
as in footsteps
the mark or impression made by a foot the fossilized vestige of a dinosaur that traversed that muddy landscape millions of years ago

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Recent Examples of vestiges The wall drawings also contain erasure marks, vestiges of the artist’s false starts and corrections. — Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026 Centuries later, their vestiges resurface. — Jenny S. Li, Variety, 17 June 2026 When the last vestiges of the classic-rock era finally fade, many of the moments that made up its truest essence will be impossible to explain to those who missed it. — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2026 Little parts of your vestiges — politically — are gonna be scattered all over the state of Michigan, never to be seen again. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 1 July 2026 Despite the initial welcome for such interventions, local populations largely came to view these troops as ineffective vestiges of the colonial era. — Kaitlyn Rabe, The Conversation, 16 June 2026 Making Juneteenth a national holiday is the closest our country has gotten to acknowledging the truth about enslavement and its vestiges. — Marcus Anthony Hunter, Time, 19 June 2026 Our main point is that the instant amplification of these acts, often with inaccurate context, implies that vestiges of the Klan are roaming Chicago streets. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026 For anyone wanting to see or experience the sites and vestiges of Miami’s ancient inhabitants, the people known as Tequesta and their even more enigmatic Archaic forebears, there are only a few places to go. — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
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  1. relics
  2. footsteps
  3. traces
  4. footprints
  5. remnants
Noun
  • There are also permanent upgrades to health and attack power, as well as rare relics that enable unique skills, like multiple jumps.
    — Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 30 June 2026
  • Museum of Miami The Museum of Miami, formerly HistoryMiami, holds the relics and artifacts that were excavated at the Miami Circle.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
Definition of relics
Noun
  • It’s established early on in EP Taylor Sheridan’s fifth Yellowstone spinoff that Oreana does not want to follow in the footsteps of her grandmother, Beulah Jackson (Annette Bening).
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 7 July 2026
  • Your daughter Vivian followed in your footsteps, even appearing as Raylan’s daughter Willa in Justified.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 7 July 2026
Definition of footsteps
Noun
  • To optimize that, memory must be soldered extremely close to the CPU to reduce the length of the motherboard's traces (circuit lines).
    — John Burek, PC Magazine, 5 July 2026
  • When its inevitable end arrives, the sun’s core will exhaust the last traces of hydrogen fuel and kick off the first stellar death pangs.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 1 July 2026
Definition of traces
Noun
  • While cementing his handprints and footprints at the TCL Chinese Theatre last June, Bardem thanked his wife and children for standing by him throughout his career.
    — Charlie Carballo, USA Today, 7 July 2026
  • Dry method approach allows carmakers to shrink factory footprints and reduce carbon emissions by eliminating toxic chemical solvents and the energy-intensive industrial ovens.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026
Definition of footprints
Noun
  • Hurricanes displace communities, fires leave charred remnants.
    — Jamil Wyne, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • But beyond these genetic remnants, the exact nature of any interactions between our species and Neanderthals is much more of a mystery.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 6 July 2026
Definition of remnants

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