as in medals
a piece of metal given in honor of a special event, a person, or an achievement
the hockey team received a gold medallion at the Olympics
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Recent Examples of medallions
Lend your home a bohemian touch with Safavieh’s rug encircled with jute medallions.
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Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2025
Drivers were stuck paying off the massive costs of medallions—the inflated fees cab companies paid for a permit.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
At a crafting station, festival attendees can attach these medallions to personalized beaded necklaces.
—Alyssa N. Salcedo, jsonline.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Trump redesigned the previously minimalist Oval Office, making some of the most significant changes to the room's appearance in modern presidential history, adding gold medallions, gold vermeil figurines, gold eagles, and gilded Rococo mirrors.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
For entrees, the Spice steak is a straight-ahead option, steak frites (+$10), four or five medallions of tender hangar steak with a peppery-bold au poivre sauce and crisp fries.
—Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
Trump was not only seen pocketing one of the medallions that all the Chelsea players received, but the president also said FIFA had gifted him the original Club World Cup trophy and that the hardware held aloft by Chelsea was a copy.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025
Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2025
Drivers were stuck paying off the massive costs of medallions—the inflated fees cab companies paid for a permit.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
At a crafting station, festival attendees can attach these medallions to personalized beaded necklaces.
—Alyssa N. Salcedo, jsonline.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Trump redesigned the previously minimalist Oval Office, making some of the most significant changes to the room's appearance in modern presidential history, adding gold medallions, gold vermeil figurines, gold eagles, and gilded Rococo mirrors.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
For entrees, the Spice steak is a straight-ahead option, steak frites (+$10), four or five medallions of tender hangar steak with a peppery-bold au poivre sauce and crisp fries.
—Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
Trump was not only seen pocketing one of the medallions that all the Chelsea players received, but the president also said FIFA had gifted him the original Club World Cup trophy and that the hardware held aloft by Chelsea was a copy.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for medallions
medals
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The younger Petterson, best known as a sailor and yacht designer, with two Olympic medals and four world-championship titles to his credit, was then a student of Frua, and the one who actually styled the car.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
3 Oct. 2025
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Jeweler Chaumet designed the medals, Berluti the uniforms for Team France, Louis Vuitton the uniforms, medal trays and trunks, and Dior dressed performers including Celine Dion for the opening ceremonies, for example.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Medallions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medallions. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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