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
Shimmery flags in front have more in common with gas-station signage than a knight’s pennant.
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Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 30 May 2025
President of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski won't want to potentially lose out on high-leverage relievers and squander a shot at the National League pennant and a World Series trophy.
—Drew Vonscio, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
Tower was the good-humored Padres’ general manager under whom the club won four National League West titles and one NL pennant.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2025
He’s got a great girl (Kravitz), tends bar at a New York dive, and his favorite team is making an underdog run at the pennant.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 21 May 2025
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Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 30 May 2025
President of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski won't want to potentially lose out on high-leverage relievers and squander a shot at the National League pennant and a World Series trophy.
—Drew Vonscio, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
Tower was the good-humored Padres’ general manager under whom the club won four National League West titles and one NL pennant.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2025
He’s got a great girl (Kravitz), tends bar at a New York dive, and his favorite team is making an underdog run at the pennant.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pennant
Noun
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For days, a small but critical faction of the Senate GOP conference had been raising major flags about the way this cut to states' Medicaid revenue might kneecap rural hospitals in their states.—
Allison Pecorin,
ABC News,
26 June 2025
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The schedule includes a speech by a representative of the Veterans Memorial & Support Foundation, a flag raising and a children’s bike and stroller parade.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
25 June 2025
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Throughout the month, protesters have hung anti-Bezos posters and banners on various locations across the city, including the bell tower of the San Giorgio Maggiore basilica and the famous Rialto Bridge.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
23 June 2025
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Activists gather around the giant banner protesting Jeff Bezos ahead of his wedding in Venice, Italy, on June 23, 2025.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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“Pennant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pennant. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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