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noun

accolade

a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction

In a sentence

Six example sentences with accolade, each labelled with its topic.

  • The engraved cup on her piano is the only accolade she kept, and the rest went into a box upstairs.

    Music

  • A ring is the accolade every player names first, and none of them mention the trophies collected along the way.

    Basketball

  • The medal arrived forty years after the work, an accolade the committee had quietly overlooked for two generations.

    Science

  • The gold statuette is the accolade every actor names first, and it sits on more mantelpieces than any other trophy.

    Movies

  • The medieval accolade was a tap of the sword on the shoulder, the visible sign that a squire had become a knight.

    History

  • The bronze plaque by the door is the accolade the chef values most, awarded by the guide after three inspections.

    Cooking

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