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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The Stars and Stripes was straddled by the Swiss flag and the flag of Sweden, who won the bronze medal with a 6-2 victory against Denmark earlier on Sunday.
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Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 25 May 2025
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.
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—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
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Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 25 May 2025
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
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“Bronze medal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bronze%20medal. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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