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Recent Examples of bunting
Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Out-of-towners streamed in by train and Model-Ts, packing hotels draped with bunting and pennants of the two storied rivals.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 13 Dec. 2024
Back at their Russian bases, some of the pilots have been treated to welcome home fanfares with big bands and bunting.
—Jeffrey A. Stacey, Foreign Affairs, 20 Mar. 2016
The Wings Event Center, where the event was held, was festooned with bunting and flags—this rally was meant to be televised.
—Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Brett Kay doesn’t care that bunting in Major League Baseball has gone the way of the rotary telephone.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Out-of-towners streamed in by train and Model-Ts, packing hotels draped with bunting and pennants of the two storied rivals.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 13 Dec. 2024
Back at their Russian bases, some of the pilots have been treated to welcome home fanfares with big bands and bunting.
—Jeffrey A. Stacey, Foreign Affairs, 20 Mar. 2016
The Wings Event Center, where the event was held, was festooned with bunting and flags—this rally was meant to be televised.
—Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bunting
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Whiteley used his unprecedented access to weave together the story of a season that started with promise before the Red Sox’ pennant hopes faded in September.—
John Perrotto,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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The Braves win the pennant, then win a second World Series title in a four-year span.—
Johnny Flores Jr.,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Hinson said the skirting of tariffs undermined an Illinois auto company’s business, forcing it to lay off a quarter of its workforce.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Sep. 2019
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There was no deception here, no skirting of any regulations.—
Abby Gardner,
Glamour,
3 Sep. 2024
Noun
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By uniting these technologies under one banner, Qualcomm better communicates its value to enterprise customers, clarifies product positioning, and positions for long-term growth across the industrial and telecom sectors.—
Steve McDowell,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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By 2026, Brody aims to build an audience of over 50,000 supporters to fuel the first product launch under the N=1 banner.—
Ascend Agency,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Other braids seen on the runway included messy, pulled out pigtails and tiny face-framing plaits.—
Ranyechi Udemezue,
Vogue,
26 Feb. 2025
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Lawrence also wore her hair in thick plaits, and donned a pair of orange lensed, oval sunglasses.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 2025
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Later, when the university sent a letter revoking its sponsorship of Mecha, the club’s members staged a protest at one of the school’s cultural centers, reportedly waving a Palestinian flag and refusing to leave.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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The visiting president released a nearly 2-minute video chronicling his arrival that included shots of the two countries’ flags, U.S. military color guard, and of course, Bukele himself, exiting his plane and into a black SUV, dressed in all black and dark sunglasses.—
David Catanese,
Miami Herald,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The fringes of space beckoned some 65 miles (105 kilometers) up, promising a few precious minutes of weightlessness.—
Marcia Dunn,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
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Many in the audience also came to hear Ocasio-Cortez, 35, a sharp, politically savvy Democratic socialist once at the fringes of the Democratic Party who is now broadening her national appeal.—
Laura J. Nelson,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Originally attributed to Pieter Pourbus, a Flemish Renaissance artist who worked in Bruges during the 16th century, the painting depicts an austere man and his young daughter in matching ruffs.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
26 Mar. 2025
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Kaplan adds that his experiments were done on mice (mice who were wearing tiny, adorable Elizabethan ruffs, no less) and have not yet been done on humans.—
Avery Hurt,
Discover Magazine,
29 Mar. 2025
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For Night Charades, a lot of the characters are dressed in clothing with a lot of pleats.—
Harrison Jacobs,
ARTnews.com,
24 Mar. 2025
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Her look included a bra top and high-waist skirt with a pin pleat detail.—
Jackie Fields,
People.com,
16 Feb. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Bunting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bunting. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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