as in decoration
a piece of metal given in honor of a special event, a person, or an achievement
the display case held an impressive array of military medals from World War II
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Recent Examples of medal
Alexandria Diaz attended the ceremony and received the medal on behalf of her late father, and footage of this moment quickly went viral online.
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Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025
Now Kinney – one of two remaining founding members of the band, alongside guitarist Jerry Cantrell – has issued his own statement, apologizing to fans for the short-notice cancellation and outlining his experiences dealing with the unspecified medal issue.
—Tyler Jenke, Billboard, 16 May 2025
Ross, who won three Olympic medals, was an indoor volleyball All-American at Newport Harbor High and USC.
—Richard Dunn, Oc Register, 15 May 2025
The left side of the case is packed with the sisters’ trophies, medals and plaques from their careers playing the sport, which is similar to floor hockey.
—Peter Baugh, New York Times, 14 May 2025
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Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025
Now Kinney – one of two remaining founding members of the band, alongside guitarist Jerry Cantrell – has issued his own statement, apologizing to fans for the short-notice cancellation and outlining his experiences dealing with the unspecified medal issue.
—Tyler Jenke, Billboard, 16 May 2025
Ross, who won three Olympic medals, was an indoor volleyball All-American at Newport Harbor High and USC.
—Richard Dunn, Oc Register, 15 May 2025
The left side of the case is packed with the sisters’ trophies, medals and plaques from their careers playing the sport, which is similar to floor hockey.
—Peter Baugh, New York Times, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for medal
Noun
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With a watermelon treat and party decorations, of course.—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
28 May 2025
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Across the five floors, which include the ground floor and the basement, all the structures accumulated in recent times were stripped away during the restoration to reveal 19th century decorations, 18th century trompe l’oeils, late 17th century frescoes and even earlier ornamentation.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
24 May 2025
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This being Washington, the decorations featured an eagle in flight, but, unlike the eagle on the Executive Branch club’s insignia, this one clutched photos of Musk, Bezos, and Zuckerberg, dressed in tuxedos.—
Evan Osnos,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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Courts have upheld this, as seen in cases like United States v. Sindel (1995), where misuse of government insignia was penalized.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 May 2025
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This was underlined after the FA Cup semi-final, a day when Villa let a golden opportunity to rubber-stamp Emery’s era with a trophy pass by.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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Hundreds of thousands of people had descended on the parade route to see the Liverpool team and its staff travel through the city center on an open-top bus with the Premier League trophy.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
28 May 2025
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Though the original statues are gone from the Renwick Gallery, its exterior tympanum features one distinctive relic of the building’s past: a round medallion with a bronze relief profile portrait of William Corcoran.—
Samantha Baskind,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 May 2025
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Tensions had already begun boiling over months before Shakur's killing when a fight broke out between a number of Bloods and Crips over a coveted Death Row medallion.—
Sasha Pezenik,
ABC News,
20 May 2025
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“Medal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medal. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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