badges

noun

plural of badge
1
as in insignia

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as in medals

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Recent Examples of badges If employees have company ID badges, the information should be on a card that can be kept with their badge. — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for badges
  1. insignia
  2. medals
  3. emblems
  4. trophies
  5. crests
  6. ribbons
  7. symbols
  8. plates
Noun
  • The sixth-year coach locks his eyes on the man’s shirt and sees a Carolina Panthers insignia.
    — Michael Silver, New York Times, 16 June 2026
  • The event has been held annually since 1948, and at the annual service, the sovereign invests any new Companions with the Order's insignia in the Throne Room of Windsor Castle.
    — Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
Definition of insignia
Noun
  • The top three student winners, Washut, Washington state's Summer Brondstetter and Michigan's Rowan Kozminski were taken to the White House and awarded medals, presidential coins, and shared the $250,000 prize.
    — Arthur Jones II, ABC News, 2 July 2026
  • Outside of the Olympics, Hearn has earned 13 medals, including eight gold and five silver.
    — Drew Pittock, USA Today, 2 July 2026
Definition of medals
Noun
  • The British brand’s suiting channeled dapper English luxury with dedicated cigar pockets on outerwear, along with mismatched velvet slippers adorned with playing card emblems.
    — Scarlett Conlon, CNN Money, 24 June 2026
  • However, Manfred said the Dodgers and Giants were allowed to keep using Pride emblems on uniforms and hats under a grandfathered exception because Los Angeles and San Francisco are home to large LGBTQ communities and both clubs wanted to show support for those fans.
    — Dan Zaksheske, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2026
Definition of emblems
Noun
  • There’s no need for players to panic in moments of struggle because there’s a man on the bench who knows how to find a way, to win matches and trophies.
    — Chris Evans, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
  • Kate last year was at Centre Court on consecutive days to present the winners’ trophies to singles champions Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
Definition of trophies
Noun
  • From the peaks of the Sahyadri mountains, crests of the Western Ghats which loom dramatically above us, the Vavali stream flows down to the lake-like Pawna reservoir.
    — Horatio Clare, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 June 2026
  • The historic resort town of Zakopane anchors the Polish side, while Slovakia’s High Tatras deliver mountain lakes, waterfalls and flocks of sheep among rocky crests.
    — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2026
Definition of crests
Noun
  • The designer also urges homeowners to consider flourishes such as tassels, pom-poms, and ribbons to put this vibrant shade to work in the subtlest ways.
    — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 July 2026
  • That joy was bursting at the seams; the kids couldn't wait for the ceremonial ribbons to be cut.
    — Bo Evans, CBS News, 29 June 2026
Definition of ribbons
Noun
  • While the Founding Fathers are often at the center of Revolutionary War history, one of the country’s most recognizable symbols is traditionally associated with an ordinary woman working from her home in Philadelphia.
    — Pete Cuddihy, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
  • Both exist in spite of the odds, symbols of perseverance and community — memorials to those who fought to establish a new country and a new state, and who happened to do it in a place that proved particularly untamable.
    — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Definition of symbols
Noun
  • In the meantime, restaurants were all equipped with high chairs, a kids’ menu, and special creations arrived for my daughter on cute wooden bear plates.
    — Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026
  • But another petitioner, Sylvi, brings a troubling complaint against King’s Landing’s highborn, who filled their storehouses while the city’s normies struggled to fill their dinner plates.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 July 2026
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