silver medal
noun
: a medal made of silver that is given as a prize to someone who wins second place in a contest
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Italy’s Sofia Goggia won a silver medal in 2022 and a gold in 2018 and had a good chance to pick up another gold medal in the Milan Cortina event.
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 8 Feb. 2026
Leerdam is a 27-year-old Dutch athlete who took home a silver medal in the 1,000 meters from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
—Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
Emma Aicher of Germany earned the silver medal, just four-hundredths of a second behind Johnson.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 8 Feb. 2026
Remarkably, the pair returned to the ice a short time later and went on to win a silver medal.
—Brian Mann, NPR, 7 Feb. 2026
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 8 Feb. 2026
Leerdam is a 27-year-old Dutch athlete who took home a silver medal in the 1,000 meters from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
—Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
Emma Aicher of Germany earned the silver medal, just four-hundredths of a second behind Johnson.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 8 Feb. 2026
Remarkably, the pair returned to the ice a short time later and went on to win a silver medal.
—Brian Mann, NPR, 7 Feb. 2026
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“Silver medal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/silver%20medal. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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