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
Coincidentally, the San Francisco 49ers’ mascot is Sourdough Sam, and their home stadium will host Super Bowl LX.
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Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 29 Sep. 2025
Guided by Cooper, Cupertino’s robot mascot, visitors can stroll a quarter-mile loop and learn about local wildlife.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2025
The bar’s mascot, Wakeman’s 5-year-old Shar Pei, Wrigley, whiled away the afternoon, roaming from cool spot to cool spot on the barroom’s floor.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 26 Sep. 2025
The mascots set to star at FIFA’s 2026 World Cup are Clutch the Bald Eagle, Maple the Moose and Zayu the Jaguar.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
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Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 29 Sep. 2025
Guided by Cooper, Cupertino’s robot mascot, visitors can stroll a quarter-mile loop and learn about local wildlife.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2025
The bar’s mascot, Wakeman’s 5-year-old Shar Pei, Wrigley, whiled away the afternoon, roaming from cool spot to cool spot on the barroom’s floor.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 26 Sep. 2025
The mascots set to star at FIFA’s 2026 World Cup are Clutch the Bald Eagle, Maple the Moose and Zayu the Jaguar.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mascot
Noun
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Kane is the goalscorer and all-round talisman, Olise the drifting, carrying playmaker and Gnabry the dynamic generalist.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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To explain these distortions, experts speculate that the figures served as fertility talismans—designed to maximize those parts of the body that evolution has encoded us to see as signs of optimal child-bearers.—
Harmon Siegel,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Last year, archaeologists found 337 coins – many containing a Cleopatra image – along with oil lamps, an amulet, and vessels for storing food and cosmetics.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Natron bubbling out of pale saline lakes in the Wadi Natron (west of the Nile) was used in making the blue glaze faience for amulets such as Taweret’s and the scarab beetles such as those produced in a delta factory.—
Vanessa Taylor,
Big Think,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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On the famous byway out front, a large white Route 66 emblem is painted on the road.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
29 Sep. 2025
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Beer bottles litter the foreground, blunt emblems of drunk driving.—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Mascot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mascot. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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