as in emblem
a device, design, or figure used as an identifying mark the family's selection of the lily as its impresa dates from the 16th century

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Noun
  • An emblem at the front entrance as well as prominent lettering in the building's lobby were no longer visible on Wednesday evening.
    Douglas Gillison and Chris Prentice, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
  • That’s why horror movies often have these inanimate emblems that are so terrifying.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The world’s richest man dominated the agenda of Trump’s first six weeks in office, literally wielding a chainsaw as a symbol for cutting government spending.
    Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
  • The harp is a great Irish symbol so it may be adopted widely in Ireland as soon as it’s released.
    David Phelan, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The logo of the Booking Holdings is seen on a screen of a smartphone next to a screen with an illustration ofthe stock market.
    TipRanks.com Staff, CNBC, 2 Mar. 2025
  • With Converse, Gilgeous-Alexander created his own logo and drew the initial designs for what became the Shai 001, his first signature shoe.
    Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 1 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Overwhelming Sadness All-consuming, uncontrollable sadness is a hallmark of depression.
    Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 27 Feb. 2025
  • The drug was the latest in a series of medications designed to clear the brain of beta-amyloid, which forms the sticky plaques that are a hallmark of Alzheimer's.
    Jon Hamilton, NPR, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • His trademark house, techno, and genre-agnostic psychedelia is wonderfully, impossibly bittersweet, and his story so far is equally contradictory.
    Sam Davies, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2025
  • This may be a function of his trademark persistence rather than of tact.
    Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Impresa.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impresa. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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