baton

Example Sentences

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My daughter and my daughter-in-law now give blood and it's great to know I'm passing on the blood donation baton, just like my mum before me.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

At one point, I thought it would be cool to do like a pageantry baton spinning dance.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

“The baton has been passed from print to the traditional web, and now from the traditional web to social,” BuzzFeed founder and CEO Jonah Peretti said at the time.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

That can happen only because the baton is passing to a broader array of stocks.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

She took her pocketknife out of her shorts and passed her baton to Raymie.

From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo