bronze medal
noun
: a medal made of bronze that is awarded as the prize for third place in a sports competition
The team won the bronze medal in basketball.
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Van Lith, who won a bronze medal for the U.S. in 3-on-3 basketball last summer, led the Frogs with 20 points and was the Big 12 tourney’s most outstanding player.
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Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2025
Carey, who won bronze in the women’s vault final, pushed through sickness in the lead-up to her performance, while Chiles’ first ever solo prize, a bronze medal in the floor final, was stripped amid rank controversy involving Romanian gymnasts and Ana Barbosu and Sabrina Maneca-Voinea.
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
The 32-year-old has two golds and a silver from the world championship, and a bronze medal from the 2014 Winter Olympics, the last time NHL players participated at the Games.
—Carol Schram, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
The architects chosen for the Pritzker Prize are awarded $100,000 and a bronze medal, along with being celebrated at a ceremony held every May at an architecturally significant location.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 11 Feb. 2025
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Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2025
Carey, who won bronze in the women’s vault final, pushed through sickness in the lead-up to her performance, while Chiles’ first ever solo prize, a bronze medal in the floor final, was stripped amid rank controversy involving Romanian gymnasts and Ana Barbosu and Sabrina Maneca-Voinea.
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
The 32-year-old has two golds and a silver from the world championship, and a bronze medal from the 2014 Winter Olympics, the last time NHL players participated at the Games.
—Carol Schram, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
The architects chosen for the Pritzker Prize are awarded $100,000 and a bronze medal, along with being celebrated at a ceremony held every May at an architecturally significant location.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 11 Feb. 2025
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“Bronze medal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bronze%20medal. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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