Definition of trademarknext
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a device (as a word) identifying the maker of a piece of merchandise and legally reserved for the exclusive use of that person or company "Kleenex" is a trademark for a cleansing tissue

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Recent Examples of trademark The Swatch Group’s trademark lawsuit against Samsung in London has been resolved—for now, anyway. Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 27 Aug. 2026 Dolly Parton brought her last concert tour, Pure & Simple, to Kansas City a decade ago, a night made memorable by the country icon’s trademark self-deprecating jokes as much as her music. Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026 His trademark shot has lost several ticks of velocity as well. Thomas Drance, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 The chlorophyll inside plants is responsible for their bright shades of green, while carotenoids in carrots produce their trademark orange. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 26 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for trademark
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Noun
  • The series has always featured designers who have already started selling outfits and building their brands before being on the show.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Some 10 projects will be shown to prospective brand partners for possible development and production, letting companies get involved before projects are fully financed or produced.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Black Diamond has also made a pink version of its lightest functional carabiner featuring the first logo other than its own in company history.
    Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The interesting thing about this is the franchise is marketing this gear emblazoned with Washington Redskins script and logos as Commanders gear.
    Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • As her anger and resistance grow, her body begins to transform into porcelain, becoming a powerful symbol of her silent rebellion and her fight to reclaim her own identity.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
  • But Pete took the idea one step further, taking the organization’s iconic symbol — the star — and suffusing it with a deeper meaning.
    Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • People choose emblems, like a star or a flower, for a little flair.
    Christine Lennon, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The group’s early music was lo-fi, vintage-leaning, and just twee enough to make the scrappy garage rockers an emblem of early-mid aughts Urban Outfitters hipsterdom.
    Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The rhinestone trend is also a hallmark of Y2K nostalgia, which celebrates 2000s fashion and culture.
    Sarah Glodek, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Those compounds are hallmarks of cacao, but they’re also found in yaupon holly, which grows all over the eastern US.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026

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“Trademark.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trademark. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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