as in talisman
something worn or kept to bring good luck or keep away evil
she wears a mascot made of ebony and silver on a chain around her neck
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Recent Examples of mascot
There’s no other diva quite like Ellie the Elephant, the unpredictable, always entertaining mascot of the WNBA’s New York Liberty.
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Li Goldstein, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025
The popular reptile became TCU’s mascot in 1897 when yearbook editors photographed horny toads covering the football field.
—Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Oct. 2025
The mascot, Scorch, is an alien-dinosaur hybrid in Converse high-tops.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
It’s located on the first floor, near Sebastian’s Bistro, a cafe with an executive sous chef that is also open to the public and decorated with dangling flying ibises, the bird that inspired UM’s mascot.
—Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
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Li Goldstein, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025
The popular reptile became TCU’s mascot in 1897 when yearbook editors photographed horny toads covering the football field.
—Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Oct. 2025
The mascot, Scorch, is an alien-dinosaur hybrid in Converse high-tops.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
It’s located on the first floor, near Sebastian’s Bistro, a cafe with an executive sous chef that is also open to the public and decorated with dangling flying ibises, the bird that inspired UM’s mascot.
—Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mascot
Noun
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Kane is the goalscorer and all-round talisman, Olise the drifting, carrying playmaker and Gnabry the dynamic generalist.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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To explain these distortions, experts speculate that the figures served as fertility talismans—designed to maximize those parts of the body that evolution has encoded us to see as signs of optimal child-bearers.—
Harmon Siegel,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Brides in South Asia are famously decked out in the precious metal – necklaces, earrings, nose rings, hair pieces and amulets – that can be gifted or inherited.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
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Last year, archaeologists found 337 coins – many containing a Cleopatra image – along with oil lamps, an amulet, and vessels for storing food and cosmetics.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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That features signature touches including its cherry motif hot-stamped in gold, alongside an emblem with two hearts symbolizing the bond between parent and child.—
Jennifer Weil,
Footwear News,
4 Oct. 2025
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The looming threat of AI has continued to panic Hollywood with Norwood now an emblem of that fear.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Mascot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mascot. Accessed 11 Oct. 2025.
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