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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With the Army verifying Minard’s role as a code talker, the group needed a letter from the Secretary of Treasury in order to approve printing the silver medal, which is what is given to each individual code talker while the gold medal is given to the tribe as a whole.
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Tim Trudell, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Maltais translated the resort’s steepest terrain into speed for snowboard-cross competitions—winning a bronze medal at the 2006 Turin Olympics and a silver medal at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
—Outside, 4 Nov. 2025
The two-time Olympian helped win a silver medal for Team USA at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
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.
—Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
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Tim Trudell, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Maltais translated the resort’s steepest terrain into speed for snowboard-cross competitions—winning a bronze medal at the 2006 Turin Olympics and a silver medal at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
—Outside, 4 Nov. 2025
The two-time Olympian helped win a silver medal for Team USA at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
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.
—Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Silver medal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/silver%20medal. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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