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icon

[ahy-kon] / ˈaɪ kɒn /
NOUN
symbol or representation
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NOUN
a holy image
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STRONGEST
WEAK
NOUN
admired person
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Where are the movie stars and pop icons with their beautifully produced plangent video pleas for justice?

From The Wall Street Journal

Last year, the production began using geolocation icons to show the folks at home where a nominee was seated in the ballroom while pop-up banners shared trivia about presenters and winners.

From Salon

The family of Brendan Ingle have shared their pride over the late boxing trainer being portrayed by a Hollywood icon in an upcoming film.

From BBC

The cinema icon - "BB" as she was known in her home country - acted in almost 50 films, including And God Created Woman, but retired in 1973 to devote her life to animal welfare.

From BBC

Skaters say the structure—brutalist water-pumping limbs of mottled white concrete that rise out of the ground near the waterfront—is an icon.

From The Wall Street Journal