bronze medal

noun

: a medal made of bronze that is awarded as the prize for third place in a sports competition
The team won the bronze medal in basketball.

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And in 2004 the U.S., playing with a depleted roster due to last second withdrawals, would lose three games on its way to a bronze medal, a record that represented more losses in a single year than the country's Olympic teams had suffered in all previous Olympiads combined. Tim Genske, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025 Hartnell takes the bronze medal for this Top Docs list, without him the show wouldn’t be the same. 2. Richard Edwards, Space.com, 29 May 2025 Skip John Shuster was part of teams that won an Olympic gold medal in 2018 in Pyeongchang, South Korea, and a bronze medal in Torino, Italy, in 2006. Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 28 May 2025 Between the bronze medal controversy in Paris and taking home another NCAA gold last month, Chiles released her debut memoir, opening up about her life and career for the first time. Sean Neumann, People.com, 5 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for bronze medal

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“Bronze medal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bronze%20medal. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.

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