as in flag
a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling
the stadium was festooned with pennants from past championships
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Recent Examples of pennant
The grass is green, the birds are chirping, and your favorite team is going to win the pennant.
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The Sports Desk, NBC news, 26 Mar. 2026
Which means your team is not out of the pennant race yet.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026
As The Athletic’s Jayson Stark asked, could the 2026 Jays be even better than the pennant-winning outfit?
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
The regular season can be another story, but Washington has been in the pro game 50-plus years, Jayce Tingler managed the Padres and new hitting coach Hunter Mense came over from Toronto, the AL pennant winners.
—Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Mar. 2026
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The Sports Desk, NBC news, 26 Mar. 2026
Which means your team is not out of the pennant race yet.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026
As The Athletic’s Jayson Stark asked, could the 2026 Jays be even better than the pennant-winning outfit?
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
The regular season can be another story, but Washington has been in the pro game 50-plus years, Jayce Tingler managed the Padres and new hitting coach Hunter Mense came over from Toronto, the AL pennant winners.
—Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pennant
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Unlike Apollo, which focused on fast flags and footprints in a breakneck race against the Soviet Union, Artemis is striving for a sustainable moon base elaborate enough to satisfy even the most hard-core science fiction fans.—
Marcia Dunn,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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The Baltimore design reflects that identity, blending Maryland flag colors with deeper design elements meant to mirror the city’s personality.—
Michael Howes,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Apr. 2026
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The school has banners and big names to prove its hockey pedigree, though the real evidence lies with a man called Rooster.—
John Lauritsen,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Goldberg will serve as executive producer alongside longtime collaborator Tom Leonardis under their One Ho Productions banner.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Pennant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pennant. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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