gold star
Example Sentences
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"I wrote 'F1 driver.' That's the shining gold star."
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
If you’re fortunate, you’ll land some anonymous buzz, an interview and one of those goofy gold star stickers teams now post on social media.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026
She gets a gold star in my book any day.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2024
Melissa: No. 2: If you’re one of those people who rinses, dries and sorts your recycling, you get a gold star.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 5, 2024
The student who found the word the quickest would get a point, and, at the end of the week, the one with the most points would get a gold star.
From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
