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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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These are movies written in flag language, semaphore that can be read clearly from a great distance.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
25 Nov. 2024
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With paint on fabric that is somewhere between a painting and semaphore, another theme is spelled out at the back of the room: tartan.—
Robert Sullivan,
Vogue,
22 Mar. 2023
Noun
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The tricolor pop has three levels of sourness, starting with a sharp red layer and ending with sweet cherry-lime. Buy it!—
Sabrina Weiss,
People.com,
4 June 2025
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The nation’s new flag, the Irish tricolor, included green for Catholics, orange for Protestants and white to represent peace between them.—
Joseph Patrick Kelly,
The Conversation,
20 May 2025
Noun
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In the prequel, wildcard Edwards is discharged from the SEALs after an operation, and his coveted trident insignia is removed from his uniform.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
29 May 2025
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Fashion as an insignia of belonging is at the forefront of the conversation.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
23 May 2025
Noun
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When the Knicks win, there is pure joy, some untoward words, and a waft of weed.—
Mike Vorkunov,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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Between these more solid moments, however, is a waft of allusions and trails of information that simply peter out, possibly in a deliberate mirroring of Marina’s own frustrations.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
21 May 2025
Noun
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It was illustrated with a cross-section of a gooey candy bar; a dollop of beige cream, spiralling up into a wavelike crest; and a few free-floating hazelnuts and leaves.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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Back to the July 2024 crest, not quite up to the fourth-quarter exuberance peak.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
2 June 2025
Noun
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Oklahoma City coach Mark Daigneault waved the white flag and removed the majority of his key players with minutes remaining in the third quarter.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
25 May 2025
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Detroit kept pouring it on from there, and by the fifth inning Alex Cora had waved the white flag and emptied the Red Sox bench.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
13 May 2025
Noun
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There’s a reason why its name appears on vehicle’s badge after all.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
10 June 2025
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Cunningham had his Prichard Police badge and weapon on him, according to authorities, WKRG reported.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
8 June 2025
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“Burgee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burgee. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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