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as in flags
a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling
the boat flew a bright red banner for the seaport's harbor festival
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as in slogans
an attention-getting word or phrase used to publicize something (as a campaign or product)
after the near accident, the nuclear power station is now operating under the banner of "safety first"
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Recent Examples of banners
Again banners give way to LGBTQ flags and anti-Elon Musk bumper stickers in Marin County, where opposition to Prop 50 is much harder to find.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
O’Neal’s push into the entertainment space via Wasserman follows other hoops stars making significant forays into film and TV, including launching their own production banners.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
Israel has accused Hamas of using past hostage handovers for propaganda, exchanging them in front of crowds and banners accusing Israel of war crimes.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 12 Oct. 2025
All flags and banners, the NFF say, must be approved in advance.
—Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
The slender aspens unfurl golden banners against the dark wall of evergreens.
—Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Outside a building at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on Thursday, employees and community members opened up banners calling on the company to drop ties with Israel, according to a statement from No Azure for Apartheid.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
The killing of more than 66,000 Palestinians by Israel are rarely, if ever, mentioned by the protesters or displayed on banners.
—Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
The state media and government representatives push militarism and self-sacrifice; school curricula endlessly celebrate Russian war victories; theaters obediently stage works of communist-era patriotic authors; and cities display army recruitment banners and hero worship posters.
—Nina Khrushcheva, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
O’Neal’s push into the entertainment space via Wasserman follows other hoops stars making significant forays into film and TV, including launching their own production banners.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
Israel has accused Hamas of using past hostage handovers for propaganda, exchanging them in front of crowds and banners accusing Israel of war crimes.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 12 Oct. 2025
All flags and banners, the NFF say, must be approved in advance.
—Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
The slender aspens unfurl golden banners against the dark wall of evergreens.
—Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Outside a building at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on Thursday, employees and community members opened up banners calling on the company to drop ties with Israel, according to a statement from No Azure for Apartheid.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
The killing of more than 66,000 Palestinians by Israel are rarely, if ever, mentioned by the protesters or displayed on banners.
—Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
The state media and government representatives push militarism and self-sacrifice; school curricula endlessly celebrate Russian war victories; theaters obediently stage works of communist-era patriotic authors; and cities display army recruitment banners and hero worship posters.
—Nina Khrushcheva, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for banners
Noun
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And not happy about three straight weeks of flags that tilted away from the Broncos.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
20 Oct. 2025
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Shrimp boats bob in the harbor, American flags flutter from pastel porches and old oak trees draped in Spanish moss offer cool shade.—
Noreen Kompanik,
Boston Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Wyeth had taken several photos of a woman wearing three layers of denim vests, all filled with pins and slogans against fascism, against patriarchy, against the pipeline, against the former rapist in chief, against starving children, against book bans, against transphobes.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Oct. 2025
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Yankees exceptionalism now exists not on the field, but in the team store — on slogans and souvenirs, not titles and trophies.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Banners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banners. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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