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insignia

[in-sig-nee-uh] / ɪnˈsɪg ni ə /


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The statue is heavily damaged, with its head removed and its arms and royal insignia worn away.

From Science Daily Aug. 26, 2026

In the virtual hearing, which lasted five minutes, she said she spoke to a man dressed in a green uniform, stitched with what looked like government insignia, seated in front of an American flag.

From Salon May 2, 2026

Platner pleaded ignorance—claiming that he had gotten inked with insignia while drunk and off duty in Croatia, and didn’t understand the horrific context until much later.

From Slate Apr. 13, 2026

They found a police vehicle in his garage and a police jacket in his bedroom, as well as other clothes with law enforcement insignia.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 19, 2026

Two or three of the men were dressed in black, with no visible patches or insignia.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

He kept two Spad pursuit ships, each bearing the number 1, and the famed hat-in-the-ring insigne.

From Time Magazine Archive

First to sport the new five-star insigne, on the flag of his flagship* last fortnight, was Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King.

From Time Magazine Archive

The materials were packed into 55-gal. drums marked with AEC's radioactivity insigne, a white cloud with four lightning bolts shooting out of it.

From Time Magazine Archive

For her pains, she was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor and the insigne of a Distinguished Worker of Sanitary Defense of the U.S.S.R.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Anybody wearing the fraternity pin,” he added, and touched a blue dot tattooed under his left eye— an insigne, a visible password, by which certain former prison inmates could identify him.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

With the SR-71, the Air Force, taking over high-altitude reconnaissance from the CIA, insisted that markings and insignias be painted on the all-black plane—a ridiculous request.

From The Wall Street Journal May 18, 2026

The armoured convoys are sporting white triangular insignias, seemingly to distinguish them from hardware used within Ukraine itself.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2024

In commemoration of the Sept. 11 attacks, the Mets wore caps with insignias representing New York first responder departments.

From Seattle Times Sep. 11, 2022

Players are allowed to be compensated under state rules as long as there is no recognition of the student’s school, school logos, uniforms or insignias.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2022

A young boy, perhaps ten, wanders over to ask questions about the meaning of the insignias on his uniform.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove




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