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Recent Examples of burgee
One tattoo of goats with a Bayview Yacht Club flag, known as a burgee, signifies his first 25 races from Port Huron to Mackinac.
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Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 24 July 2021
The men, down to a 7-year-old sailor named Hank, had gold buttons on their blue blazers and red neckties bearing the club burgee.
—Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Apr. 2021
Outside was given a nautical motif with burgees placed in flowering pots, flags hanging from railings highlighting blue-and-white life preservers personalized with the debs' names.
—Sue Strachan, NOLA.com, 19 July 2017
The county seal appears on a light blue burgee, which is considered to be the first Ohio county flag that is the same shape as the Ohio flag.
—cleveland.com, 13 July 2017
Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 24 July 2021
The men, down to a 7-year-old sailor named Hank, had gold buttons on their blue blazers and red neckties bearing the club burgee.
—Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Apr. 2021
Outside was given a nautical motif with burgees placed in flowering pots, flags hanging from railings highlighting blue-and-white life preservers personalized with the debs' names.
—Sue Strachan, NOLA.com, 19 July 2017
The county seal appears on a light blue burgee, which is considered to be the first Ohio county flag that is the same shape as the Ohio flag.
—cleveland.com, 13 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burgee
Noun
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The Jeep struck a semaphore pole, severing the vehicle in two.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
16 Apr. 2026
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But even for an expert, fluency in the complex language of corner semaphore isn’t an essential for youngsters enjoying the game at grassroots level.—
Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Most recently, a cousin who has the lion and sun flag prominently hanging in his home clashed with her uncle, who supports a blank tricolor flag without the emblem of the pre-revolutionary flag or the Islamic messaging of the current flag.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
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When the gene is inherited from both parents, the cat's color appears more faded and soft than that of a regular calico, which is usually a rich tricolor coat of black, orange, and white.—
Michele Laufik,
Martha Stewart,
10 June 2026
Noun
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Traffic cones with signs temporarily forbidding parking lined the road, and a high blue fence, its netting emblazoned with the words ALLEZ LES BLEUS and the insignia of the French national team, the Gallic rooster, alongside the school’s crest lined the edge of the campus.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
13 June 2026
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As their chants echoed through the numerous subdivisions along their path, many who walked wore monarch butterfly insignias, a symbol for migrants because of the butterflies’ cross-border migration.—
Chase Hunter,
Mercury News,
9 June 2026
Noun
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The task was then to make the shirts look official, so a few members of the team’s staff stayed up all night before the game stitching on numbers, the Argentina crest and the Le Coq Sportif logo.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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In the span of 45 minutes, the river surged 26 feet above its bed before reaching a record-breaking crest of more than 37 feet.—
Karen Valby,
Vanity Fair,
16 June 2026
Noun
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The scent of burning resin wafts through the air, and ambient music follows you around the property, matching the vibe of the day from sunrise to sunset.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 May 2026
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There was a sense of endings at St James’ Park; not definitive, not complete, but persuasive, a final home game for Kieran Trippier as a Newcastle player, and a feeble waft of farewell in the colour of claret.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
Noun
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Brind’Amour even appeared to wave the white flag by removing goalie Frederik Andersen and replacing him with Bussi.—
Mark Anderson,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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And, for the fourth time in the last 12 games, catcher Brett Sullivan — Colorado’s human white flag — was called on to pitch in relief.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
1 June 2026
Noun
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Here, the threat may arrive with a badge, a laptop bag and a calm voice.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
13 June 2026
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This crossbody bag also has a stylish gold badge on the front that matches the gold hardware and other accessories.—
Mia Huelsbeck,
PEOPLE,
12 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Burgee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burgee. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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