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a device, design, or figure used as an identifying mark
the oil company uses a scallop shell as its emblem
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Recent Examples of emblems
Stroke by stroke, the emblems take shape over time; time Rollins spends reflecting on the drug charges that landed him in jail and what the experience has cost him.
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Spencer Wilson, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
Through these stories, audiences learned to view extravagant dwellings as not just emblems of individual success but portals into a fantasy life.
—Kim Hew-Low, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025
For all its big-picture significance, Lo never turns her central trio into emblems.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
Beer bottles litter the foreground, blunt emblems of drunk driving.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
Organized in drops, the collection celebrates the carefree spirit associated with the Vespa scooter and is rich in pieces intended to be layered and the brand’s signature emblems and graphics.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 27 Sep. 2025
On this rainy August night, there were plenty of American accents to be heard in the arena; concertgoers were given lanyards with light-up emblems in the shape of cameras, which evoked the album title while also making everyone look like a tourist.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
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
Spencer Wilson, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
Through these stories, audiences learned to view extravagant dwellings as not just emblems of individual success but portals into a fantasy life.
—Kim Hew-Low, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025
For all its big-picture significance, Lo never turns her central trio into emblems.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
Beer bottles litter the foreground, blunt emblems of drunk driving.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
Organized in drops, the collection celebrates the carefree spirit associated with the Vespa scooter and is rich in pieces intended to be layered and the brand’s signature emblems and graphics.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 27 Sep. 2025
On this rainy August night, there were plenty of American accents to be heard in the arena; concertgoers were given lanyards with light-up emblems in the shape of cameras, which evoked the album title while also making everyone look like a tourist.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emblems
Noun
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The event featured some confusion around symbols.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Jan. 2026
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Ancient petroglyphs of human figures and cryptic symbols thought to have been scrawled by the Taino, the islands’ pre-Columbian inhabitants, appeared under our flashlight beams.—
Henry Wismayer,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Rickette owns several trademarks for the business name and sent the owners of Uncle Remy's a cease-and-desist letter.—
Charlie De Mar,
CBS News,
6 Jan. 2026
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As always, special trademarks and protections to later adaptations and revisions still apply.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
26 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Once-distinctive sartorial hallmarks of the United States — the baseball cap, the denim jacket, the sneaker — have become unremarkable almost anywhere in the world.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
Washington Post,
5 Jan. 2026
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Another one of Orion’s celestial hallmarks is the bright star Betelgeuse in the upper left corner of the hunter.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
4 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Emblems.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emblems. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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