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as in symbol
a written or printed mark that is meant to convey information to the reader
the player's remote control is very user-friendly as it doesn't use any icons that you haven't seen a million times before
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as in manifestation
a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)
cites Marlene Dietrich as an icon of old-time Hollywood glamour
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as in star
a person who is widely known and usually much talked about
a sports bar filled with photos of icons from football, basketball, and baseball
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as in image
a two dimensional design intended to look like a person or thing
any icon of the Deity is regarded as blasphemous by adherents of that religion
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Recent Examples of icon
His team will subtly switch the profile icons and cover photos to reflect Remembrance, and the new pictures usually stay in place for about a week on the official royal family accounts.
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Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
The sale includes ghost, candy corn, spiderweb, skull, and bat icon glasses, and each set includes four glasses.
—Paige Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Nov. 2025
Stock Chart IconStock chart icon Henry Schein's year-to-date stock performance.
—Julie Coleman, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2025
Born February 4, 1941, in the Bronx, Nanas went to grade school with siblings Penny and Garry Marshall and future fashion icon Ralph Lauren.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
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Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
The sale includes ghost, candy corn, spiderweb, skull, and bat icon glasses, and each set includes four glasses.
—Paige Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Nov. 2025
Stock Chart IconStock chart icon Henry Schein's year-to-date stock performance.
—Julie Coleman, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2025
Born February 4, 1941, in the Bronx, Nanas went to grade school with siblings Penny and Garry Marshall and future fashion icon Ralph Lauren.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for icon
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On Monday, he was posthumously named a national hero of Indonesia – prompting protests from human rights groups and victims who decried the award as whitewashing a repressive regime that left hundreds of thousands dead, according to historians.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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The myth of Revere, the individual hero, the consummate voice of warning rising up against the odds, has become ingrained in the American zeitgeist, twisting its way through social movements, pop songs and marketing campaigns for more than a century.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
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The move all but guaranteed more travel chaos heading into the weekend, a potent symbol of the shutdown’s cascading effects.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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Others wore keffiyehs, a symbol of Palestinian resistance, nodding to an issue that inspired many of Mamdani’s supporters and was in turn weaponized by his critics.—
Alex J. Rouhandeh,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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While Allura’s relationship status is one of active warfare, each of her fellow partners’ respective statuses is a different manifestation of their line of work.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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Jesus walked earth as God’s doings and words, as a manifestation of it, but Jesus was not God.—
Jayson Buford,
Rolling Stone,
3 Nov. 2025
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But the game did end with Vanderbilt safety CJ Heard showing blitz at the line of scrimmage, then bailing out to help Jordan Matthews double Auburn star receiver Cam Coleman in the end zone.—
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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But the very nature of the connection between stars and their audience is now evolving, according to the IMDb report.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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In places like Kemusuk, a village near Yogyakarta where he was born, his image is everywhere – from museum memorabilia celebrating his life to the souvenir T-shirts with his smiling face.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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In this image, Johns sits on a table littered with liquor bottles.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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The 28-year-old, a member of K-pop supergroup Blackpink, became the first K-pop idol to have her song be nominated in the Grammys’ main six, general field categories.—
Nicole Fell,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Nov. 2025
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After Sage Ahrens-Nichols and Jawan Pitts flipped away from original Uli, Nate was vulnerable once the new coalition believed there was no way Rizo Velovic would ever play his immunity idol for the Rad Dad so decided to load all of their votes on the unsuspecting victim.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Nov. 2025
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With these risks avoided, Blackrock focuses on using its system to allow patients to operate computers and, as with Echo, speak via an on-screen avatar.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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Later, xAI released a male avatar, Valentine, that follows similar logic and eventually goes shirtless.—
Damon Beres,
The Atlantic,
5 Nov. 2025
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Korean skin care drew standing-room-only crowds, celebrity makeup artist Hung Vanngo gave his first masterclass, and in the bustling fragrance halls niche perfume houses attracted international distributors eager to understand how Arabic fragrance is reshaping global perfumery standards.—
Ritu Upadhyay,
Footwear News,
7 Nov. 2025
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Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Icon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/icon. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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