ensigns

plural of ensign

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Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • The gunman got out of the four-door pickup with two American flags in the truck and started shooting, Police Chief William Renye told reporters.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The charred, partially burned church was still visible, and the pickup truck that crashed through the door just a day ago was outside, with two American flags hanging limp in the truck bed.
    Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The image contains a private universe of symbols, our own mythology of characters.
    Lana Lin September 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Beckett’s symbols of master and slave — the whip, the rope, the servant weighed down with baggage — are either mimed or cut and in doing so lose its real horror.
    Frank Rizzo, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Those banners were recently removed, replaced with Toronto’s postseason paraphernalia.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Thousands of fans waited for hours in the sun outside the venue, holding signs, banners and balloons — chanting, screaming and hoping to catch a glimpse of the star.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But worst of all is the knowledge that all of these terrors were trademarks of the asylums that stowed away those with mental health conditions well into the 20th century.
    James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Disney still retains copyrights for later iterations of the characters, as well as trademarks, which vastly limit exploitation from competitors.
    Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Ensigns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ensigns. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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