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

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Recent Examples of footprint By late afternoon, crews working on the Lilac fire in Bonsall had drawn a containment line around 50 percent of the fire’s footprint. Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025 Entries should be short stories about a group of friends on a camping trip who get stranded in the wilderness and discover a mysterious set of footprints. Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 19 Jan. 2025 The council had also voted to reduce the footprint of the Weekday School, leasing the sixth floor of the south wing to Columbia University, which is using it as classroom space. Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2025 With this backing, the company is preparing to expand into France, Spain, Dubai and Canada while deepening its footprint in the United States. Rachel King, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for footprint 

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“Footprint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footprint. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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