gold star
Example Sentences
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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
“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
That was a difficult alarm to get up for but if you're here with us, gold star.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2024
It could have been a neighbor, watching our car pull out from the driveway in the morning, acting on a hunch, tipping them off for a gold star on someone’s list.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
