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insignia

[in-sig-nee-uh] / ɪnˈsɪg ni ə /


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The statue is heavily damaged, with its head removed and its arms and royal insignia worn away.

From Science Daily Aug. 26, 2026

The holder of the honour is then asked to return their insignia to Buckingham Palace and cannot use the title or post-nominal letters any more.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

In the virtual hearing, which lasted five minutes, she said she spoke to a man dressed in a green uniform, stitched with what looked like government insignia, seated in front of an American flag.

From Salon May 2, 2026

Platner pleaded ignorance—claiming that he had gotten inked with insignia while drunk and off duty in Croatia, and didn’t understand the horrific context until much later.

From Slate Apr. 13, 2026

The young man who spoke threw back his coat to show his uniform and insignia.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

And beer mugs and beach towels with an insigne of your auto's make on them, air horns that play your favorite tune, wood and leather steering wheels, driving gloves, headers, roll bars.

From Time Magazine Archive

Reportedly Ernie King is already designing a new sleeve insigne and pondering a way to avoid the Milky Way effect on his starstudded shoulder boards by substituting a wreath, or something.

From Time Magazine Archive

The chain editorials that went out from New York to all Scripps-Howard papers were not even sent to the Enquirer; the chain insigne, a lighthouse, did not shine from its pages.

From Time Magazine Archive

First to sport the new five-star insigne, on the flag of his flagship* last fortnight, was Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Anybody wearing the fraternity pin,” he added, and touched a blue dot tattooed under his left eye— an insigne, a visible password, by which certain former prison inmates could identify him.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

USA House, whose walls bear insignias celebrating America’s 250th anniversary, is expected to be a hub of activity for meetings and other events.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 19, 2026

The armoured convoys are sporting white triangular insignias, seemingly to distinguish them from hardware used within Ukraine itself.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2024

Players are allowed to be compensated under state rules as long as there is no recognition of the student’s school, school logos, uniforms or insignias.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2022

The male dancers are clearly wearing uniforms, but Demuth chooses not to include insignias, medals, or other identifying marks.

From Textbooks Dec. 21, 2021

Their arm insignias are navy blue or red or silver or gold.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu




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