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US
/ˈhɑɫˌmɑɹk/
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[ UK /hˈɔːlmɑːk/ ]
[ UK /hˈɔːlmɑːk/ ]
NOUN
- a distinctive characteristic or attribute
- a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity
How To Use hallmark In A Sentence
- The trend toward à la carte pricing - once the hallmark of no-frills, low-cost carriers - has in recent years been adopted by the legacy airlines, and will likely continue in 2009, as carriers try to boost what they call ancillary revenue. Latest News
- Rich, warm string tone, sweet, elegant winds, and mellow, sonorous brass are the hallmarks of the ‘Saxony sound’.
- The service is flawless; and every employee you pass in the corridor greets you with the unstudied politeness that is the hallmark of a great hotel.
- There are many craft items on offer that are affordable, and all are hand-crafted with the attention to detail that is the hallmark of fine Chinese artisanship.
- Aside from the sanctity of my goats and all I am happy to have coyotes, catamounts, bears and other preditors in the woods, they are hallmarks of a heathy ecosystem with all of its components in place. The Coyote--to Shoot or Not to Shoot. That is the Question.
- He had a delightful impishness which was to be a hallmark of his character throughout his life.
- The hallmark of Earth, after all, is not its mass, nor its rockiness, nor the fact that it is potentially habitable. How Long Until We Find a Second Earth? | Disinformation
- Of course, a healthy dose of petulance is is one of the hallmarks of polemics (to say nothing of talk show hosts), right? "That's one of the things that really bugs me about religion."
- Pickles is a grassroots "leafleteer" the type of a Local Government Pol and Political obsessive that are in fact the hallmark of the DimLebs. Eric Pickles made a fool of himself on Question Time
- If drusen, the hallmark of AMD, are detected, your doctor may give you an Amsler grid, which looks like a checkerboard. Fading Of The Light