banners

noun

plural of banner
1
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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as in slogans
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 Vuong’s photographs are displayed rather conventionally on the gallery walls, but the viewing experience is enhanced by images of his that have been printed on cloth banners that hang in the center of the space. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 15 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 This year, some of Miller’s favorite details are the pennants and banners hanging behind her desk. — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026 Cerruti and city councilmember Phil Pluckebaum were in the park to announce the installation of 10 sign toppers and seven banners around the Little Italy neighborhood in East Sacramento. — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2026 The trailer contained sleeping bags, towels, backpacks, camping equipment, games, banners and other items needed for more than 200 children expected at the September camp. — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026 The banners and flags tell the stories and carry the names of other Washingtons — the everyday, historic and cultural Washingtons. — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026 The protesters carried posters with Lopez-Cornejo's name, and banners demanding the facility be shut down. — Allen Devlin, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026 On a hot evening at Jawaharlal Nehru University in south Delhi, students sit painting protest banners beneath rainbow flags. — Aakash Hassan, Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2026
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  1. flags
  2. slogans
Noun
  • Barely an hour from the famed Angkor Wat temple complex in Siem Reap, deminers with South Korean, Swiss and American flags on their uniforms and helmets, recently inched through a minefield, clearing the land one painstaking step at a time.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • When other Columbia students staged a counter- protest outside the encampment, holding Israeli flags, people threatened them with violence.
    — Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
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  • Fewer memorable metaphors, stories, lists, slogans and rhetorical devices; more literal, factual, technical or bureaucratic communication.
    — Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Pithy slogans aside, all modern presidents shift responsibility onto others to some degree, frequently blaming the White House occupant who preceded them or Congress — or both.
    — Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of slogans

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