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Example Sentences

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“The administration wants to find a happy medium there, whether it’s a nameplate or a badge number,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Cap bearing the badge of the Indian Police Service, the highest-trained level of police officers who must pass the Indian civil service exam.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

For me, the Mets were a badge of crude contrarianism: Everyone else liked the Phillies, but I was a freethinker.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

That wasn’t what it meant; “Worst Girl in America” isn’t really about Americana, or wearing a flag as a badge.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

The stone dust that powdered him seemed a badge of slavery, and the two bloodstained rags about fingers of his left hand proclaimed the unskilled depths to which he had fallen.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw