badges

plural of badge

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Noun
  • Under the Hatch Act, federal personnel, including members of Congress, are prohibited from wearing partisan or political apparel such as T-shirts, buttons or other political groups’ paraphernalia while carrying out official duties or wearing official insignia.
    Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025
  • In Caracas today, military police in balaclavas and without insignia regularly patrol the streets.
    Andrew Raine, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Since 2000, 39 of the 98 men’s and women’s Olympic sprinting (100m, 200m and 4x100m) medals have been won by Jamaicans.
    Liam Tharme, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Over the course of her career, Vonn has won 82 World Cup races and three Olympic medals.
    Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Think avocado toast, participation trophies, and side parts.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The ceremony promises one show-stopping moment after another, with Lady Gaga nominated for a whopping 12 trophies.
    Jackie Fields, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In later centuries, Barbary lions were gifted between royal courts, kept in menageries, and even depicted on national emblems — as in the coat of arms of Morocco and the United Kingdom.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • For millennia, trees have stood as emblems of the profound interconnectedness of all living things, central to the universe’s structural integrity and humanity’s moral compass.
    Ellen Walker, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The animation literally transforms the fans’ love into a superpower beyond themselves, as neon ribbons shoot out of their hearts to envelop the girls onstage and, eventually, the entire crowd.
    Yvonne Kim, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Buoyant bánh tiêu sesame doughnuts are paired with ribbons of prosciutto and peppy giardiniera for a Southeast Asian take on gnocco fritto.
    The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Some even show signs of fractured crests, hinting at long-term exposure to changing conditions.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The reader bobs along in the author’s stream of consciousness, riding crests of despair, anger, and hilarity as Toews assembles the shards of her past to investigate her will to write, which is deeply entwined with her will to live.
    Kristen Martin, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Gospel music played on speakers, family members served chicken soup, strangers hugged each other, friends left carrying several plates stuffed with leftover food.
    Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Luna Grill serves kabobs, pitas, salads and plates with a choice of chicken, beef, lamb, shrimp, salmon and falafel.
    Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And in mice with more advanced conditions, with unstable plaques that are more likely to rupture, treatment reduced the plaque size by 52%.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2025
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“Badges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/badges. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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