Thesaurus results for BANNERS

banners

noun

plural of banner

as in flags

a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling the boat flew a bright red banner for the seaport's harbor festival

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an attention-getting word or phrase used to publicize something (as a campaign or product) after the near accident, the nuclear power station is now operating under the banner of "safety first"

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Recent Examples of banners Trump will depart sooner or later, the banners will be torn down and much of his petty talk will be and should be forgotten. — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026 This led to protests at home games, including banners, removing flags from The Kop and a ‘not a pound in the ground’ initiative, where supporters were encouraged not to purchase anything inside the ground. — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Now, Pottstown Borough Councilmember Andrew Monastra is calling on the borough manager to come up with a solution that allows for the quick installation of banners featuring veterans of color. — Liz Crawford, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 In May, Dick’s disclosed that the pilot program would expand to 250 locations across Foot Locker, Kids Foot Locker and Champs banners in time for back-to-school. — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 24 Aug. 2026 Whenever the household experienced a milestone — a reunion, for example — Dick and Bunny would put out banners to mark the occasion. — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2026 Each academic school hosts their own ceremony, with students attending various departments — plus deans and senior leadership — all clad in their cardinal and gold regalia, marching behind their banners across the campus. — Staff Report, Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026 Since then, the company has shuttered over 35 locations under banners such as Kroger, Harris Teeter and Pick ‘n Save, according to analysis conducted by Grocery Dive, Fast Company and most recently, MassLive. — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026 After the supreme leader was killed in February, the Iranian regime posted banners of his son and successor, Mojtaba Khamenei, around Tehran. — Max Butterworth, NBC news, 15 Aug. 2026

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Noun

The game, originally scheduled for last Friday, was full of yellow flags.

— Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2026
Studios now use YouTube to market their programs, and Google’s Content ID technology flags videos and gives copyright holders the ability to earn ad revenue on them.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026

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The official account for the Pentagon’s chief technology officer, Emil Michael, has posted propaganda using Q catchphrases as military slogans.

— Matthew N. Hannah, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026
Safal Prakash Shrestha/NurPhoto/Getty Protesters shouted slogans denouncing the police and government over alleged delays in taking action to find the missing girl, and then to find the perpetrators.

— Arshad R. Zargar, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026

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