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
Drivers were stuck paying off the massive costs of medallions—the inflated fees cab companies paid for a permit.
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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
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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Since 2000, 39 of the 98 men’s and women’s Olympic sprinting (100m, 200m and 4x100m) medals have been won by Jamaicans.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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All told, there will be 195 medal events, with 245 gold, silver, and bronze medals awarded at the Olympics and 137 medals awarded at the Paralympics.—
Tiana Attride,
AFAR Media,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Medallions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medallions. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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