hallmark
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.
hallmarks
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pluralof hallmark.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof hallmark (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
hallmarknounan 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.
Example Sentences
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Maresca will have wanted the win, no matter how it came, and City achieved it, even though it did carry a lot of the hallmarks of a work in progress.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Last month, the Atlantic wrote that “Daggermouth,” a self-published dystopian romance whose rights were snapped up by Simon & Schuster, and which has consistently topped bestseller lists, contained hallmarks of AI use.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Wherever someone’s looking for training or certification, White said there are three hallmarks of a quality program.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
“It turns out, laughably, that an interest in privacy, and staying quiet about internal feelings, are hallmarks of this condition,” she writes, offering a partial explanation for her wariness of company.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
As elsewhere in the world, in China food production gradually led to the other hallmarks of “civilization” discussed in Chapters 11—14.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
