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
She gets a gold star in my book any day.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2024
Like there’s some gold star we get for being frugal or sticking to a budget.
From Slate • Mar. 28, 2024
“You won’t get a gold star if you do that.”
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.