silver medal

noun

: a medal made of silver that is given as a prize to someone who wins second place in a contest

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An Israeli hockey team won the silver medal at the 2025 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division II Group B this week in Belgrade, Serbia. —

Jacob Gurvis, Sun Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2025 The idea, of course, is to swap out that world championship silver medal hanging on the wall behind his Lightning desk for an Olympic gold medal in 13 months. —

Pierre Lebrun, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024 Unfortunately for Toronto, the silver medal means nothing in these sweepstakes. —

David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025 China would take the gold medal continuing their unprecedented run for two decades, but Cook and Bacon would finish strong right behind them grabbing a silver medal and America’s first medal of the 2024 Games. —

Tim Genske, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for silver medal