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lanyard

[lan-yerd] / ˈlæn jərd /
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When a fellow Berkshire executive asked him on a brief elevator ride why his pass looked different than the “managers” lanyard he wore, Shamieh gave a noncommittal response.

From The Wall Street Journal May 5, 2026

Wear your phone on a lanyard while in flight.

From Slate Mar. 14, 2025

Leigh, the mother of one a 12-year-old girl neurodivergent girl who felt "embarrassed" that she was forced to produce the lanyard when requested, has welcomed the reversal.

From BBC Nov. 6, 2024

Her press ID was visible on a lanyard around her neck.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2024

He straightened his tie and took his Phi Beta Kappa key from his vest pocket and began to twirl it on its lanyard, as he often did on such occasions.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

Outreach workers with ID lanyards strode through the trash-strewn landscape like lifeguards working against endless tides of fresh emergencies.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

Making lanyards or whistle information kits isn’t dangerous.

From Slate Jan. 31, 2026

Their conversations were not limited to convention halls crowded with researchers wearing white conference lanyards.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 20, 2025

As the news spread, the conference was called off, attendees pulled off their lanyards and headed for the exits, carry-on luggage in tow.

From New York Times Dec. 4, 2024

“And lanyards? I must’ve made about a hundred lanyards.”

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor




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