gold star
Example Sentences
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After her editor sent 11 pages of feedback and issued a two-month deadline for an overhaul, Fortune forgave herself for not getting a gold star on her first draft.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
"I wrote 'F1 driver.' That's the shining gold star."
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
“I’ll give a gold star to whoever drafted the ordinance for creativity. This is some of the most tortured legal reasoning I have ever read,” she said during a council meeting early this month.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2024
Like there’s some gold star we get for being frugal or sticking to a budget.
From Slate • Mar. 28, 2024
There’s a gold star in the corner of Levi’s page.
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
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