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icon

noun as in symbol or representation

noun as in a holy image

Strongest match

Weak match

noun as in admired person

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But as Variety pointed out, the 1980s country icon boasts fewer than 500,000 Spotify listeners, compared with Bad Bunny’s 80 million.

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On the eve of her induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the 72-year-old pop icon looks back.

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Feminist icon Gloria Steinem and journalist Diane Sawyer both competed in pageants.

Anna Wintour gives ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ and Meryl Streep high praise 19 years after the release of the movie, which was inspired by the Vogue icon.

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But at this point in her career, she’s suited to being an icon.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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