status symbol
noun
: something (such as an expensive car) that a person owns and that shows wealth or a high social status
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Relatedly, music merchandise—tees and totes—has become a hot status symbol.
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
And that’s the ultimate status symbol — having a $15,000 bag and then trashing it.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
But the hottest status symbol touted (and toted) by the modern-day it girl?
—Emily St. Martin, Oc Register, 24 Sep. 2025
This summer, toned arms became the new status symbol—and a near-impossible to achieve beauty standard.
—Anne Marie Chaker, Time, 20 Sep. 2025
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
And that’s the ultimate status symbol — having a $15,000 bag and then trashing it.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
But the hottest status symbol touted (and toted) by the modern-day it girl?
—Emily St. Martin, Oc Register, 24 Sep. 2025
This summer, toned arms became the new status symbol—and a near-impossible to achieve beauty standard.
—Anne Marie Chaker, Time, 20 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for status symbol
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“Status symbol.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/status%20symbol. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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