How to Use standard-bearer in a Sentence

standard-bearer

noun

• Trump is poised to be the standard-bearer for the GOP for the third time in as many elections, and in record time.
  — Susan Page, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2024
• The late Michael Jackson was the standard-bearer before Swift, once landing the top three albums on the chart a week following his death in 2009.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 9 Feb. 2024
• Hamas also wants to be seen as the standard-bearer of Palestinian resistance across the Arab world.
  — Marc Fisher, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2023
• Not even the Candy brothers, standard-bearers of the London trophy-condo craze, could flip a unit there.
  — Curbed, 27 Nov. 2023
• The opposition tends to have a more secular and diverse approach, and views the court as a standard-bearer for its cause.
  — Ronen Bergman, New York Times, 21 July 2023
• Germany was quick to point out that Mr. Macron seemed an unlikely standard-bearer.
  — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Mar. 2024
• Many Ukrainians do not see Navalny as the democratic standard-bearer he is considered to be in the West.
  — Serhiy Morgunov, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
• But over the past four decades, Strait has not only beat the odds of a fickle industry, but became a standard-bearer, by keeping a laser focus on what matters most: the music, and artistry, and the fans.
  — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 29 July 2023
• Month after month, a new video game became the standard-bearer for its respective genre, series or platform.
  — Gene Park, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
• But Pro Tools still holds court as the standard-bearer for cross-platform digital audio workstations when working on client projects day in and day out.
  — PCMAG, 1 May 2024
• For my entire life, Stanford women’s basketball has been the standard-bearer for excellence on the West Coast.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024
• In many respects, too, the NYPD has been the standard-bearer of tactical innovation and management reforms over the past three decades.
  — Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Mar. 2023
• Now, Democrats have broadly accepted him as their standard-bearer, even if half would prefer someone else.
  — Camille Baker, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2023
• Now in its 11th generation, the Honda Civic continues to be the standard-bearer in the small car category.
  — Brett Berk, Good Housekeeping, 4 Apr. 2023
• There’s no dancing around it: Donald Trump remains the standard-bearer of the Republican Party.
  — Jason L. Riley, WSJ, 21 Feb. 2023
• And in recent days, other Republicans looking to be the party's standard-bearer have started to chip away at the front-runner over the documents case.
  — Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 13 June 2023
• Previously, Michael Jackson was the standard-bearer for dominance, notching the top three albums in the week following his death in 2009.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 7 July 2023
• For more than a half century, Sports Illustrated was the standard-bearer in sports journalism.
  — Kevin Draper, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023
• But those who are, or aspire to be, Democratic standard-bearers ought to be thinking about the party’s needs across the country, and that means not encouraging a donor sinkhole in their own backyard.
  — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 4 Nov. 2023
• Some Democratic voters are also not afraid to voice concerns with their party's standard-bearer.
  — Isabella Murray, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2023
• Uniswap, a decentralized exchange where users buy and sell crypto, has long been a standard-bearer in the world of decentralized finance, or DeFi.
  — Ben Weiss, Fortune Crypto, 21 June 2023
• The president’s advisers pointed to Democratic gains in this month’s elections as evidence that the party and its standard-bearer are in fine shape.
  — Adam Nagourney, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2023
• There are larger, more prominent and certainly more glamorous festivals, but New York remains a standard-bearer for the art.
  — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023
• Still, Haley's path to becoming the GOP standard-bearer is narrowing quickly.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 24 Jan. 2024
• Still, Haley’s path to becoming the GOP standard-bearer is narrowing quickly.
  — Holly Ramer, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2024
• Pence, the Times relayed, would emulate the last Republican standard-bearer: Ronald Reagan.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 17 May 2023
• With just five days before the first voters begin deciding which candidate will become the GOP’s next standard-bearer, there isn’t much time left to block Trump from winning the nomination.
  — Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner, 11 Jan. 2024
• The former president, however, has remained the undisputed front-runner to become the GOP's next standard-bearer.
  — Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner, 21 Nov. 2023
• Republicans need a standard-bearer who can look forward towards the future and who is 100% focused on delivering wins for the American people for the next eight years.
  — Julia Johnson, Washington Examiner, 8 Nov. 2023
• After years of street-busking and self-releasing acoustic records, Segarra cemented their status as an old-timey roots standard-bearer on 2014 Small Town Heroes.
  — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024