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Recent Examples of burgee
One tattoo of goats with a Bayview Yacht Club flag, known as a burgee, signifies his first 25 races from Port Huron to Mackinac.
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Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 24 July 2021
The men, down to a 7-year-old sailor named Hank, had gold buttons on their blue blazers and red neckties bearing the club burgee.
—Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Apr. 2021
Outside was given a nautical motif with burgees placed in flowering pots, flags hanging from railings highlighting blue-and-white life preservers personalized with the debs' names.
—Sue Strachan, NOLA.com, 19 July 2017
The county seal appears on a light blue burgee, which is considered to be the first Ohio county flag that is the same shape as the Ohio flag.
—cleveland.com, 13 July 2017
Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 24 July 2021
The men, down to a 7-year-old sailor named Hank, had gold buttons on their blue blazers and red neckties bearing the club burgee.
—Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Apr. 2021
Outside was given a nautical motif with burgees placed in flowering pots, flags hanging from railings highlighting blue-and-white life preservers personalized with the debs' names.
—Sue Strachan, NOLA.com, 19 July 2017
The county seal appears on a light blue burgee, which is considered to be the first Ohio county flag that is the same shape as the Ohio flag.
—cleveland.com, 13 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burgee
Noun
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These are movies written in flag language, semaphore that can be read clearly from a great distance.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
25 Nov. 2024
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With paint on fabric that is somewhere between a painting and semaphore, another theme is spelled out at the back of the room: tartan.—
Robert Sullivan,
Vogue,
22 Mar. 2023
Noun
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It was replaced with the Russian tricolor flag following the collapse of the Soviet Union and its communist system.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
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The winner of best rap album wore a custom wool corset dress in a dark grey pinstripe, accented with exaggerated hips and tricolor lacing, all over the label’s classic white oxford shirt, a grey pinstripe wool tie and platform penny loafers.—
Laurie Brookins,
The Hollywood Reporter,
2 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Detectives found a Ka-Bar brand leather knife sheath that included the U.S. Marine Corps stamped insignia at the crime scene in Moscow next to one of the victims and later discovered DNA on its button snap, according to a probable cause affidavit.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
20 Mar. 2025
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For the smiley insignia here is the mark of notorious Happy Face serial killer Keith Hunter Jesperson.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The smell of burning cedar and mesquite waft through the grounds.—
Patty Hodapp,
Outside Online,
5 Feb. 2024
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And one last time before parting, the sweet notes of a flute waft through the air.—
Ross Peleh,
NPR,
25 Dec. 2024
Noun
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This early relative of T. rex had a distinctive crest on its head, offering insight into the evolutionary adaptations of early tyrannosaurs.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Seventeen caribou were crossing the crest a quarter-mile in front of us.—
Jim Tappan,
Outdoor Life,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Drake, at least, has ostensibly waved the white flag, directing his ire at his and Lamar’s record label instead.—
Kyndall Cunningham,
Vox,
17 Mar. 2025
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The most shocking moves of the deadline were in buzzer-beater fashion, as the Boston Bruins decided to waive the white flag on the season and sell all of their expiring contracts.—
Tyler Small,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The front badge is also lighted, while Cadillac’s signature vertical light blades adorn the front and rear.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2025
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In its app, Perfect Game awards digital badges to players whose pitches are in the top velocity percentiles, gamifying a physically risky act and transforming it into bragging rights for teen-age boys.—
Lindsey Adler,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2025
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“Burgee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burgee. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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