trophies

noun

plural of trophy
as in jewels
an asset that brings praise or renown the mogul's latest trophies include a winter mansion in the Bahamas and a new sports car

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Recent Examples of trophies Margo’s Got Money Troubles, The Pitt, and Widow’s Bay all picked up hecka trophies. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026 Bad Bunny won his first career Emmy Award Saturday for his Super Bowl halftime show, which was awarded home seven trophies. — Andrew Dalton, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026 Of the 102 trophies awarded across the weekend, here are some of the biggest winners. — Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026 But perhaps the biggest winner of the night was Bad Bunny, which earned trophies for Variety Special (Live), Directing, Lighting Design, Music Direction, Sound Mixing, Choreography and Technical Direction. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2026 The legendary Spanish marque disappeared from the motorcycle scene decades ago, leaving behind a trail of lightweight two-strokes, racing trophies and enough cult following to keep its name alive long after the factory doors had closed. — Bultaco, New Atlas, 5 Sep. 2026 Or there are snaps of his trophies from the 2009-10 season – one for the most man-of-the-match awards, another as the team’s leading scorer. — Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026 By then, Miko, three years older, had a growing collection of tennis-championship trophies. — Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026 The trophies — one for the Tour Championship and one for the FedEx Cup — are up for grabs at the halfway point. — ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trophies
  1. jewels
  2. treasures
  3. honors
Noun
  • And unlike other eye-catching artifacts such as jewels, paintings can’t be chopped up and sold for parts without losing their entire worth.
    — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • And unlike other eye-catching artifacts such as jewels, paintings can't be chopped up and sold for parts without losing their entire worth.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of jewels
Noun
  • In this exclusive excerpt, Austin discusses her decision to part with everything, and the process of combing through the home and finding the treasures Mercury left behind.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Clark had recently purchased her dream home, built in 1900, so her aunt Jan saw the perfect destination for some of the special and otherwise unclaimed treasures.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of treasures
Noun
  • Walker ran for a team-high 1,027 yards last season en route to winning Super Bowl MVP honors.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Taylor was a defensive back at Arkansas State from 2014 through 2017, serving as a team captain and earning first-team All-Sun Belt honors.
    — The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of honors

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“Trophies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trophies. Accessed 11 Sep. 2026.

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