as in amulets
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 mascots
Attendees can also expect kid-friendly activities, including hair braiding, glow-in-the-dark face painting, accessory booths, photo booths, and giant inflatable mascots on the dance floor.
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Charlie Vargas, Oc Register, 30 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
Other recommendations include improving rates of chronic absenteeism, eliminating legacy debt for school districts, improving teacher pay, increasing teacher diversity, increasing opportunities for summer learning and eliminating mascots portraying Native Americans in an offensive way.
—Lily Altavena, Freep.com, 25 Sep. 2025
There were folks who work in tech, two Detroit firefighters, sports team mascots, a family of 12, a pro basketball player, an Olympic hopeful and the man who holds the most Guinness world records.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2025
The first drop kicked off September 18th, 2025, and includes Classic Clogs in the official colors, logos, and mascots of 14 teams.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Notable scavenger hunt locations include visiting the Memorial Union pop-up in Little Madison and finding one of the Milwaukee Brewers mascots roaming throughout the market.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The carnival included games, snacks, bounce houses and team mascots.
—Stuart Dyos, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Sep. 2025
The boxer was owned by UM student Bob Day, who had also owned Yale’s bulldog mascots for 10 years.
—Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
Charlie Vargas, Oc Register, 30 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
Other recommendations include improving rates of chronic absenteeism, eliminating legacy debt for school districts, improving teacher pay, increasing teacher diversity, increasing opportunities for summer learning and eliminating mascots portraying Native Americans in an offensive way.
—Lily Altavena, Freep.com, 25 Sep. 2025
There were folks who work in tech, two Detroit firefighters, sports team mascots, a family of 12, a pro basketball player, an Olympic hopeful and the man who holds the most Guinness world records.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2025
The first drop kicked off September 18th, 2025, and includes Classic Clogs in the official colors, logos, and mascots of 14 teams.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Notable scavenger hunt locations include visiting the Memorial Union pop-up in Little Madison and finding one of the Milwaukee Brewers mascots roaming throughout the market.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The carnival included games, snacks, bounce houses and team mascots.
—Stuart Dyos, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Sep. 2025
The boxer was owned by UM student Bob Day, who had also owned Yale’s bulldog mascots for 10 years.
—Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mascots
Noun
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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
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Romans may have worn trilobite amulets.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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To the companies still clinging to org charts like talismans, this might feel threatening.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Making amends After escaping his captors, regaining his talismans, tracking down the rogue Corinthian (Boyd Holbrook), and dealing with a Vortex, S2 finds Morpheus (Tom Sturridge) rebuilding the Dreaming, which had fallen into disrepair during his long absence.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 Aug. 2025
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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
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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
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“Mascots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mascots. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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