cult object
Example Sentences
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It’s a familiar enough spectacle, and if there’s any justice this movie will become a touchstone and cult object among the grasping, scheming denizens of the current media jungle.
From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2022
It also became a status symbol — Dyson recently released a version of the Supersonic plated in 23.75-karat gold that sells for $500 — and a cult object.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2018
Tantanmen is a perfect cult object, occupying the space where chile freaks and ramen obsessives intersect.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2018
But it nevertheless became a cult object for a generation or two of cinephiles, particularly young men, over the next several decades.
From Slate • Feb. 27, 2017
In California and New York, in the advertising world and in Silicon Valley, it became a kind of cult object that matched the stripped-down aesthetic of the new economy.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
