insignia

as in ribbon
a sign which shows that a person is a member of a particular group or has a particular rank and that is often worn or displayed Their jackets have the school's insignia on the front. a military insignia

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Recent Examples of insignia Hours before the César Awards, Roberts also received the insignia of Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in English) by the French Minister of Culture. Angel Saunders, People.com, 1 Mar. 2025 Partial to pink, especially hot pink, Hecker was also high on anything with heart insignias. Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 3 Mar. 2025 The Vatican does still release sede vacante coins, however, featuring the same parasol insignia, now on a Euro. The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 26 Sep. 2024 Russian medals, insignia, military whatnots, uniform caps for sale— memorabilia = cherished, no matter what. Marianne Boruch, The New York Review of Books, 20 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for insignia
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Noun
  • Shaved into ribbons with a mandoline, the raw vegetables’ tender crunch shines through.
    Scott Clark, Saveur, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Its rotating stone and gem-set planets come adorned with gold ribbon with the engraved names of the planets inspired by 18th-century celestial charts.
    Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Kids and kids at heart can take part in the free Wilderness Explorers program and collect sticker badges by participating in educational experiences around the park.
    Eve Chen, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Seriously, someone take this man’s badge right now.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Lane also noted that Spencer was supposed to be on the ice Wednesday night as a medal presenter.
    Steve Buckley, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
  • The very best can cement themselves as medal favorites for the 2026 Milan Cortina Games.
    Nick Zaccardi, NBC news, 25 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • That race clinched Schumacher the 2001 drivers’s championship and Ferrari the constructors’s championship, which was the first back-to-back title in the team’s history.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2025
  • At the top of the rankings, Reacher repeated as the No. 1 overall title with 1.41 billion minutes of viewing as Prime Video released the fifth episode of season three.
    Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2025

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“Insignia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insignia. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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