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tokens

noun

plural of token
as in reminders
something that serves to keep alive the memory of a person or event please accept this parting gift as a token of our lasting affection

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Recent Examples of tokens Teams are consuming tokens faster than their budgets anticipated, and the value coming back rarely feels commensurate. — Binny Gill, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026 According to BlackRock, the digital tokens representing those shares are minted on Ethereum. — Karen Koehler, Idaho Statesman, 23 Sep. 2026 New FanDuel users can bet on these players, and all players, performances tonight and the rest of the week with $250 in bonus tokens. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026 Roughly 950 agents spent 21 hours searching genomic data using about 210 million tokens, producing thousands of potential biological systems for further analysis. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026 Such stocks can be issued and managed natively on a blockchain, or by means of special purpose vehicles that hold traditional stocks and issue corresponding tokens that have a claim on the shares. — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026 Sub-agents then went through code repositories and extracted credentials like passwords and tokens that developers had left, written directly into the company’s software. — J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tokens
  1. reminders
  2. relics
  3. souvenirs
  4. memorials
Noun
  • Multiple reminders came with Jones manning center field in Minnesota.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Connected trainers, with streaks, reminders and visualized progress, target exactly that motivational gap.
    — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of reminders
Noun
  • College football artifacts and trophies were replaced with relics of the dimensional life of Godfrey, best known in Georgia as DeKalb County’s winningest football coach and the coach at Southwest DeKalb from 1983-2012.
    — Jack Leo, AJC.com, 20 Sep. 2026
  • People in the Tri-State Area have the chance to get an up-close look at the relics of a saint.
    — Allen Devlin, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of relics
Noun
  • Ultimately, Taylor’s journey was a lesson in how simple pleasures are often the most enduring souvenirs—internal keepsakes that linger long after the last bag is unpacked.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Edible souvenirs also beat handing your group chat another keychain.
    — Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of souvenirs
Noun
  • In the days after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, makeshift memorials started to appear around the perimeter of Ground Zero and at sites around the world associated with the United States.
    — Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
  • But Trump’s obsession with these vulgar memorials to his own vanity is a reminder of the darkness around him, of his hostility to democracy, his loathing of honor, and his disordered mind.
    — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of memorials

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“Tokens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tokens. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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