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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Russian River Brewing took home a silver medal for its experimental RnD West Coast Pils #7 (in the new category of Vera hop beer) as did Half Moon Bay’s Hop Dogma Brewing for Muka Laka Hiki, a New Zealand IPA.
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Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Woolven represented Britain at the 2018 European Cross Country Championships and was part of the women’s silver medal-winning team.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Other Barbie and rugby fans were disappointed to see the omission of Canada's Olivia Apps, who helped her country bring in the silver medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
That wasn't even enough to merit a silver medal to Swift's gold; that prize instead went to Paul Thomas Anderson's radical political farce One Battle After Another, which continues to perform exceedingly well in its second week of release.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Oct. 2025
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Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Woolven represented Britain at the 2018 European Cross Country Championships and was part of the women’s silver medal-winning team.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Other Barbie and rugby fans were disappointed to see the omission of Canada's Olivia Apps, who helped her country bring in the silver medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
That wasn't even enough to merit a silver medal to Swift's gold; that prize instead went to Paul Thomas Anderson's radical political farce One Battle After Another, which continues to perform exceedingly well in its second week of release.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Oct. 2025
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“Silver medal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/silver%20medal. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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