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noun

emblem

special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc.

In a sentence

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

  • The bank kept its lion emblem through three mergers because customers recognized it faster than the name.

    Finance

  • The party retired its old emblem, a sheaf of wheat, after focus groups found voters read it as nostalgia.

    Politics

  • A single folded paper crane became the company's emblem, printed on the door, the mugs, and the recruiting posters.

    Startups

  • The club's new emblem, a leaping stag, is painted at center court and stitched onto every warmup jacket.

    Basketball

  • Medieval guilds each chose an emblem, and the bakers' crossed loaves still appear above a doorway in the old quarter.

    History

  • Each guild designs an emblem for its banners, and players recognize rivals by the symbol before reading a name.

    Gaming

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