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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 pennants
With the biggest payroll in baseball, the Dodgers are baseball's most successful franchise in recent years, with two World Series titles and five National League pennants over the past nine seasons.
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Becky Sullivan, NPR, 20 Oct. 2025
Ohtani's Dodgers are the first NL team to win back-to-back pennants since Philadelphia in 2009.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Fans in brown, gold and white waved white World Series pennants, peered through binoculars or just yelled and clapped.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
Washington won back-to-back American League pennants for the Rangers in 2010 and 2011.
—Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Yet there is still a whiff of old-fashioned British grandeur about the production, with its fluttering pennants, Norman kite shields, and mounted knights.
—Will Collins, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
The tradition muted palette gets a graphic update courtesy of pops of color informed by school pennants, an LV monogram tartan, as well as on theme embroideries and crests that extend to small accessories in the form of what are sure to be covetable caps, scarves, and ties.
—Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 12 Sep. 2025
Other editorial pieces will include boatneck knits and an assortment of accessories handcrafted in New York from vintage felt college pennants, some nearly a century old.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025
Johnson played from 1965-78 and was the second baseman for Baltimore teams that won four pennants and two world championships.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Becky Sullivan, NPR, 20 Oct. 2025
Ohtani's Dodgers are the first NL team to win back-to-back pennants since Philadelphia in 2009.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Fans in brown, gold and white waved white World Series pennants, peered through binoculars or just yelled and clapped.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
Washington won back-to-back American League pennants for the Rangers in 2010 and 2011.
—Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Yet there is still a whiff of old-fashioned British grandeur about the production, with its fluttering pennants, Norman kite shields, and mounted knights.
—Will Collins, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
The tradition muted palette gets a graphic update courtesy of pops of color informed by school pennants, an LV monogram tartan, as well as on theme embroideries and crests that extend to small accessories in the form of what are sure to be covetable caps, scarves, and ties.
—Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 12 Sep. 2025
Other editorial pieces will include boatneck knits and an assortment of accessories handcrafted in New York from vintage felt college pennants, some nearly a century old.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025
Johnson played from 1965-78 and was the second baseman for Baltimore teams that won four pennants and two world championships.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pennants
Noun
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The Wilton Rancheria banner was sent aloft in a mid-morning ceremony Monday joining the United States, California state and Elk Grove flags at Elk Grove City Hall, 8401 Laguna Palms Way.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Following her passing, flags will be flown at half-mast for 30 days at government offices, state enterprises, and educational institutions, and government officials have been asked to wear mourning attire for a year, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Mere weeks after the empire had collapsed, that word appeared on posters glued to the walls of public buildings and on banners strung from lampposts along the central avenues.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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That kind of proof may matter long after the banners come down.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Pennants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pennants. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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