insignia

as in ribbon
a sign which shows that a person is a member of a particular group or has a particular rank and that is often worn or displayed Their jackets have the school's insignia on the front. a military insignia

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Recent Examples of insignia Members of the Bayside Commodores, the school’s football team, and the Bayside Marlins, the school’s swimming team, left their insignias on top of the teen’s casket. Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2025 In his Facebook profile picture, the fighter is seen in fatigues embroidered with what appears to be HTS insignia. Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025 Then close shots of uniform patches stitched with the insignias of various immigration-enforcement agencies—ICE, Customs and Border Patrol, and Homeland Security Investigations. Julia Angwin, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2025 To celebrate, the Artemis 2 insignia was projected that night onto the exterior of the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 7 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for insignia
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Noun
  • But Jia Yue Technology, a Chinese company that makes Christmas ribbons, stockings, wreaths and gift bags, has already made the leap to Vietnam.
    Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 10 May 2025
  • Garnish with a thin cucumber ribbon, threaded onto a skewer. 7.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • The club’s old badge – a falcon in profile – was replaced by NEOM’s corporate logo.
    James Montague, New York Times, 18 May 2025
  • Trust badges: Display trust badges, such as SSL certificates or secure payment icons, to reassure customers.
    AllBusiness, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • The left side of the case is packed with the sisters’ trophies, medals and plaques from their careers playing the sport, which is similar to floor hockey.
    Peter Baugh, New York Times, 14 May 2025
  • What To Know On Monday, Adam Kadyrov, 17, was awarded a commemorative medal marking the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Akhmat-Grozny OMON, a special police unit.
    Isabel van Brugen, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • Also flying are Scott Poteet, given the title of mission pilot, specialist Sarah Gillis, and specialist and medical officer Anna Menon.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 May 2025
  • Frank adds his second Top Christian Albums No. 1, as Child of God II dethrones his Child of God after 35 weeks on top beginning last August (the third-most weeks at No. 1 among all titles this decade).
    Jim Asker, Billboard, 21 May 2025

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“Insignia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insignia. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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