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  • noun Plural form of artefact.

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Examples

  • MP Tony Baldry, a church estates commissioner, said that the damage to "historic artefacts is incalculable, mainly because in many cases it is irreversible".

    How bats in the belfry can save church treasures Jamie Doward 2010

  • His plot to crawl through near-collapsed passages and solve strange puzzles with levers, gates and magical artefacts is something I try to never miss.

    Charm XVIII : sunshine is free nathreee 2010

  • Today's mail contained a much-forwarded, much delayed Coraline Box, one of the fifty handmade assemblage boxes containing carefully pinned-down puppetry artefacts from the production of Neil Gaiman's new movie Coraline (based on the sublimely creepy kids 'book of the same name).

    Boing Boing 2009

  • His plot to crawl through near-collapsed passages and solve strange puzzles with levers, gates and magical artefacts is something I try to never miss.

    Charm XVIII : sunshine is free nathreee 2010

  • The production of Google Earth "artefacts" - the bright spots on the dull satellite landscapes seems to be a popular task nowadays in Russia.

    Mirabilis.ca 2008

  • The production of Google Earth "artefacts" - the bright spots on the dull satellite landscapes seems to be a popular task nowadays in Russia.

    linkfilter.net - fresh links 2008

  • Among the artefacts was the largest Tang gold cup ever discovered and some of the finest Yue ware - a porcelain that the ancient Chinese likened to snow because of its delicacy.

    Archive 2008-10-01 Jan 2008

  • Among the artefacts was the largest Tang gold cup ever discovered and some of the finest Yue ware - a porcelain that the ancient Chinese likened to snow because of its delicacy.

    Ancient Trade: The Belitung Wreck Jan 2008

  • Among the artefacts are a gold rhino, a sceptre and a gold bowl.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

  • Chandigarh authorities, in a notice served to the director of Artcurial, had claimed that the artefacts were their property and warned against the February 16 auction in Paris.

    Analysis 2010

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  • Chiefly British English variant of artifacts.

    June 17, 2010