status symbol
noun
: something (such as an expensive car) that a person owns and that shows wealth or a high social status
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Other videos showed the contents of rooftop infinity pools – a popular status symbol of Bangkok’s well-heeled – sloshing off the sides of towering apartment blocks onto the street below.
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Will Ripley, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025
One viewer of Sorkin's post speculated that a natural face has become something of a postmodernist status symbol.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
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Ginori 1735’s exemplary porcelain tableware is a status symbol of luxury and timeless elegance.
—Adam Mansuroglu, WWD, 8 Dec. 2024
In the mid-20th century, the US embraced orthodontics as a status symbol—perfect teeth became synonymous with success.
—Dora Davies-Evitt, Glamour, 31 Mar. 2025
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Will Ripley, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025
One viewer of Sorkin's post speculated that a natural face has become something of a postmodernist status symbol.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
Porcelain Charger Plate $295 Buy Now at moda operandi
Ginori 1735’s exemplary porcelain tableware is a status symbol of luxury and timeless elegance.
—Adam Mansuroglu, WWD, 8 Dec. 2024
In the mid-20th century, the US embraced orthodontics as a status symbol—perfect teeth became synonymous with success.
—Dora Davies-Evitt, Glamour, 31 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for status symbol
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“Status symbol.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/status%20symbol. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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