gold star
Example Sentences
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"I wrote 'F1 driver.' That's the shining gold star."
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
Sarah Krieger recently got the shiniest gold star at work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
“I’ll give a gold star to whoever drafted the ordinance for creativity. This is some of the most tortured legal reasoning I have ever read,” she said during a council meeting early this month.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2024
Like there’s some gold star we get for being frugal or sticking to a budget.
From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2024
Once Sunday school is over, the first thing Shirley tells me is that she got the gold star.
From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson
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