totem
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And Brunson, who entered the league on the low end of the financial totem pole as a second-round draft pick, still had the security to never worry again.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
Fashioning your lead actor as a totem to project your thoughts about apathy and loneliness would be a risky move for anyone other than writer-director Amanda Kramer, who’s made a career out of brazen chicness.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026
"It is a totem of celebration for Chinese people and people around the world," he said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026
The absentee totem, the one with the power to make all the major calls he pleases without having the responsibility of justifying them in any public forum.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2025
Weeks passed, but the large blank space he had reserved at the bottom of the totem for his anger carving remained empty.
From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen
Early in his career Noguchi was identified as a sculptor, known for modernist abstractions—enigmas in wood, stone, metals, plaster, ceramic and aluminum—that conjure totems, boulders, edifices and artifacts, while synthesizing Western and Eastern traditions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
More often than not, the things the gang cooks, markets or consumes are totems of their most earnest, if wildly misdirected, ambitions.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2025
Down here in Australia there's a world of awe-inspiring wonders to behold, natural and man-made totems so stunning they can make your jaw drop to the floor.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025
What Lévi-Strauss concluded about totems can be applied to dioramas, too.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2024
They didn’t reveal too much about their totems, because such information could be used by witches.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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