as in talisman
something worn or kept to bring good luck or keep away evil
she wears a mascot made of ebony and silver on a chain around her neck
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Recent Examples of mascot
Colorado sports fans now have the chance to own a piece of Broncos history, as a Blue River Valley equestrian estate tied to the team’s beloved mascot hits the market.
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Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 27 May 2026
Supercow, its cow-as-heroine mascot, was known around the state.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 27 May 2026
Sports and sessions at the Home Court athletic center led by Chicago’s professional sports teams and their mascots, including the Chicago Bears, Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Bulls, Chicago Cubs, Chicago Fire FC, Chicago Sky, Chicago Stars FC and Chicago White Sox.
—Doug George, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
The university announced on Instagram on Sunday, May 24, that Griff II, who has been the university's live mascot since July 1, 2020, took part in the school's graduation ceremony to mark his retirement from mascot-dom.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 27 May 2026
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Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 27 May 2026
Supercow, its cow-as-heroine mascot, was known around the state.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 27 May 2026
Sports and sessions at the Home Court athletic center led by Chicago’s professional sports teams and their mascots, including the Chicago Bears, Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Bulls, Chicago Cubs, Chicago Fire FC, Chicago Sky, Chicago Stars FC and Chicago White Sox.
—Doug George, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
The university announced on Instagram on Sunday, May 24, that Griff II, who has been the university's live mascot since July 1, 2020, took part in the school's graduation ceremony to mark his retirement from mascot-dom.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 27 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mascot
Noun
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There are few players in world football better suited to the Wirtz role than Cole Palmer, even if Chelsea’s talisman has struggled to find his best form this season.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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In the dying days of the Russian Empire, highborn ladies would willingly cut the dirty fingernails of the peasant Grigori Rasputin and then sew the clippings onto their dresses like sacred talismans.—
Gerard DeGroot,
Air Mail,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The cache also contained blue faience vessels, miniature ritual jars, amulets shaped like a duck and the Atef Crown, decorative stones, and several pairs of earrings believed to be made of gold.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
1 June 2026
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There’s an amulet (one of those glowing doohickeys the fate of the cosmos hangs on), and your heart may sink every time someone starts chattering about it.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
6 May 2026
Noun
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It was tempered only by a parallel movement to celebrate Garrincha’s life and to restate, one last time and for future generations, the reasons for his status as a national emblem.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Kara Jakubik, a 17-year-old Life Scout with Scouting America and an Ambassador with Girl Scouts, spent the morning with other volunteers walking through rows of headstones searching for symbols, such as military branch emblems.—
Abigail Dollins,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 May 2026
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“Mascot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mascot. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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