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a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling
the flags of both countries were prominently displayed at the treaty signing
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to lose bodily strength or vigor
we flagged as we neared the end of the long mountain trail
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Recent Examples of flag
Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2025
Thousands packed into the arena, while others spilled out onto the streets, many carrying pictures of Mr. Nasrallah and waving large Hezbollah flags.
—Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
Lynsey Chutel, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
The turning point came in 2018, when Bluebird flagged that a patient who received its gene therapy for sickle-cell disease developed cancer.
—Angelica Peebles, CNBC, 21 Feb. 2025
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Noun
An upside-down U.S. flag seen at Yosemite National Park.
—Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2025
Thousands packed into the arena, while others spilled out onto the streets, many carrying pictures of Mr. Nasrallah and waving large Hezbollah flags.
—Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
Verb
The man, identified by France’s interior minister as an Algerian national who had been flagged to return to his home country, targeted a market in Mulhouse, a city about 70 miles south of Strasbourg, near France’s borders with Germany and Switzerland.
—Lynsey Chutel, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
The turning point came in 2018, when Bluebird flagged that a patient who received its gene therapy for sickle-cell disease developed cancer.
—Angelica Peebles, CNBC, 21 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flag
Noun
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Lin will also produce via his Perfect Storm banner.—
Borys Kit,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Mar. 2025
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Jordan will also produce via his production banner Outlier Society alongside Elizabeth Raposo.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
7 Mar. 2025
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Carlee Patterson, 25, of Bristol faces two counts of misconduct with a motor vehicle and a single count of failure to obey a traffic control signal, according to Lt. Eric Hanson of the Bristol Police Department.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
5 Mar. 2025
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If the unemployment rate remains at around 4% in upcoming reports, then its likely that some of these other economic signals prove to be a false alarm and that any dip in growth is perhaps due to more technical factors.—
Simon Moore,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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In their intensively competitive family, Jack wanted to keep up with his older brother, Joseph Kennedy Jr., who left Harvard Law School in June 1941 and was commissioned an ensign the following year.—
Steven Gillon / Made by History,
TIME,
17 Feb. 2025
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Future President Jimmy Carter as a U.S. Navy ensign in the World War II era.—
Jordan Freiman,
CBS News,
30 Dec. 2024
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Arizona raised payroll the most, by $48 million to $177 million after winning the NL pennant, and the Chicago Cubs were the second-most, by $34 million to $230 million.—
Ronald Blum,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2025
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The Astros captured four American League pennants, played for three more and won two World Series titles with Bregman atop their lineup and at third base.—
Chandler Rome,
The Athletic,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Flag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flag. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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