olive branch
noun
1
: a branch of the olive tree especially when used as a symbol of peace
2
: an offer or gesture of conciliation or goodwill
Examples of olive branch in a Sentence
The winner extended an olive branch to his opponent by calling him a great player.
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Leaders across the globe reacted to President Donald Trump’s return to the White House on Monday, offering general good wishes and extending geopolitical olive branches.
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Caitlin McFall, Fox News, 21 Jan. 2025
Designed to evoke the Pantheon, the rotunda’s curved sandstone walls are divided by fluted Doric pilasters with wreaths of olive branches carved in the frieze above.
—Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2025
For more than 200 years, the bald eagle has been featured on the country’s Great Seal, which shows the bird carrying an olive branch and arrows in its talons.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Dec. 2024
Vin Diesel is extending an olive branch with a small gesture.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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Caitlin McFall, Fox News, 21 Jan. 2025
Designed to evoke the Pantheon, the rotunda’s curved sandstone walls are divided by fluted Doric pilasters with wreaths of olive branches carved in the frieze above.
—Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2025
For more than 200 years, the bald eagle has been featured on the country’s Great Seal, which shows the bird carrying an olive branch and arrows in its talons.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Dec. 2024
Vin Diesel is extending an olive branch with a small gesture.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Olive branch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/olive%20branch. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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