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Recent Examples of footprintsBut a Yum Brands-esque approach where — like KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell — the chains operate separately but combine their real-estate footprints and back-office operations makes sense on paper.—
Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
6 Oct. 2026 For brands with smaller footprints, late or missing payments can be far more crippling.—
Rachel Felder,
Robb Report,
4 Oct. 2026 Dry manufacturing eliminates solvents and ovens, shrinking factory footprints and power bills.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Sep. 2026 Ancient footprints and Bronze Age art Experts didn’t believe marks uncovered by a biologist in New Mexico’s White Sands National Park in 2009 were ancient human footprints.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2026 Meanwhile, an officer who claimed to have been the first to examine the loft following the crimes testified that the dust on the floor was seemingly untouched, with no footprints or trailing skirts.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
18 Sep. 2026 An officer allegedly saw fresh footprints in the snow leading to the back door and a glass pane that had been shattered.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
16 Sep. 2026 Reviewers are pushing buyers to measure cabinet clearance before purchase, which is why smaller footprints are winning attention.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Kansas City Star,
14 Sep. 2026 Today, the footprints of the Twin Towers have become reflecting pools, the names of the fallen carved into bronze around them.—
Bobby Zirkin,
Baltimore Sun,
14 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for footprints
footsteps
Noun
Kylie Jenner is following in her big sister Kim Kardashian’s footsteps and trying out acting.
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Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
6 Oct. 2026
For a story steeped in inheritance and legacy, Faist couldn’t resist pointing out the metaness of Zoe following in her grandfather’s footsteps.