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hallmark
[hawl-mahrk]
noun
an official mark or stamp indicating a standard of purity, used in marking gold and silver articles assayed by the Goldsmiths' Company of London; plate mark.
any mark or special indication of genuineness, good quality, etc.
any distinguishing feature or characteristic.
Accuracy is a hallmark of good scholarship.
verb (used with object)
to stamp or imprint (something) with a hallmark.
hallmark
/ ˈɔːˌɑː /
noun
an official series of marks, instituted by statute in 1300, and subsequently modified, stamped by the Guild of Goldsmiths at one of its assay offices on gold, silver, or platinum (since 1975) articles to guarantee purity, date of manufacture, etc
a mark or sign of authenticity or excellence
an outstanding or distinguishing feature
verb
(tr) to stamp with or as if with a hallmark
Other 51Թ Forms
- hallmarker noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hallmark1
Example Sentences
Twisted expectation and manipulated attention are both hallmarks of artistic creation.
The wide-scale arrests and detainments — often in the region’s largely Latino neighborhoods — contain hallmarks of racial profiling and other due process violations.
Both sides had been building toward this moment for years — a city famous for embracing the immigrant experience and a White House that had made hostility toward those here illegally a hallmark of its agenda.
The flags are like hallmarks of the history that brought them to the same place to protest the treatment of new immigrants and Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s presence in Los Angeles.
These are a few of his hallmark accomplishments as a writer, arranger and performer.
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