buntings

plural of bunting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for buntings
Noun
  • Founded in Milwaukee in 1887 by seven Eder brothers, the business originally made pillows, felt pennants, rag dolls, and hunting jackets.
    Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 26 June 2026
  • Seested attended Club America’s lunchtime debates, which took place in a calculus classroom decorated with University of Florida pennants.
    Eliza Griswold, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • The ultra-fine plaits falling past the shoulders give this look a sleek, understated finish.
    Sunnah Rasheed, InStyle, 24 June 2026
  • For this super laidback, windchill-ready look, Hadid wore a beanie hat over her plaits, ski goggle-like black sunglasses, and black leather gloves.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 3 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • In Chicago, playing under the six banners won during a dynasty that ended eight years before he was born, that means something different.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026
  • Counterculture Yippies would turn up at a 1970 Blood, Sweat & Tears show at Madison Square Garden, carrying obscene banners outside and dumping manure by the front gate.
    Hillel Italie, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • Overly Elaborate Pleats Heavy, elaborate pleats can make curtains look stiff and overly formal, which is why designers are favoring simpler, more elegant pleat styles.
    Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • In another, a Midwestern college town is hanging flags and learning chants for a country most of its residents had never thought much about before June.
    Olivia Shalhoup, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • Behind them, a small crowd waved Jordanian flags and clapped their hands to the beat in an informal procession where onlookers cheered and filmed on their cellphones.
    Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 21 June 2026
Noun
  • Both politicians and corporate America are advised to focus on the broad center of the electorate, as companies like Paramount and Disney already do, rather than catering to the fringes.
    Will Johnson, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • Wahhh’s career coincided with, and has benefited from, tattoos moving from society’s fringes (military vets, bikers, ex-convicts, gangbangers) into the mainstream and onto the bodies of school teachers, dentists, and maybe the person sitting next to you.
    Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2026
Noun
  • Let’s turn to sports — still at a relatively early stage of development among the premium global streamers, with rights quite complicated and fragmented in this diverse region.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 22 June 2026
  • And as of now, the TCA doesn’t want to appear compromised by accepting sponsorship from the very networks and streamers it’s supposed to be impartially judging.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • In the last two years, South Africa has deported more than 100,000 people the home affairs ministry says were in the country illegally, while also stopping around 500,000 others at borders trying to enter without documents.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 June 2026
  • There are just too many things that can go wrong that cross national borders.
    Dana Taylor, USA Today, 23 June 2026
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“Buntings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buntings. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.

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