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lanyard

[lan-yerd] / ˈlæn jərd /
NOUN
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A 58-year-old fitness instructor and tour guide with a whistle on a lanyard around her neck was making the trip with her first tour group since the beginning of the war in February.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026

Shortly after taking bronze in the parallel giant slalom Sunday, Bulgarian snowboarder Tervel Zamfirov was running when the medal detached from the lanyard.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026

Wear your phone on a lanyard while in flight.

From Slate ● Mar. 14, 2025

"We’re very grateful that the trust have revoked the lanyard policy that should never have been implemented", Leigh said.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2024

Lyra didn’t care for that and started to object, but then Malcolm pretended to get hiccups and she laughed so much she forgot the lanyard and let go.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

Every evening around 5pm, streams of workers wearing company lanyards spill out of high-rise offices in the district of Cubao in Manila.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

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

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

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor


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