as in flag
a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling
the stadium was festooned with pennants from past championships
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Recent Examples of pennant
The Yankees ended up third at the home gate, trailing little San Diego despite coming off a pennant-winning seasons.
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Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
Chicago hasn’t made the postseason since 2021 and hasn’t been in contention to win the American League pennant since winning the World Series in 2005.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 21 Dec. 2025
In the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees, the East now possesses the last two AL pennant winners.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025
The Blue Jays, fresh off an American League pennant, are considered by other front offices to be the favorites to land Tucker, per ESPN.
—Todd Feurer, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025
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Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
Chicago hasn’t made the postseason since 2021 and hasn’t been in contention to win the American League pennant since winning the World Series in 2005.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 21 Dec. 2025
In the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees, the East now possesses the last two AL pennant winners.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025
The Blue Jays, fresh off an American League pennant, are considered by other front offices to be the favorites to land Tucker, per ESPN.
—Todd Feurer, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pennant
Noun
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Puerto Rican flags provided both curtains and declarations.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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And when there was a demonstration for solidarity with Greenland a couple of Sundays ago, Greenlanders and Danes took to the streets together, holding the Greenlandic flag.—
Rikke Agnete Dam,
Vogue,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The show hails from Robert and Michelle King, who will write, executive produce, and co-showrun the series under their King Size Productions banner.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
28 Jan. 2026
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This is yet other banner year for this snowfall machine, which has already surpassed 300-inches before then end of January, which is extraordinary.—
Larry Olmsted,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Pennant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pennant. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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