badge of honor/pride
noun phrase
: a mark or expression of pride
He wore his ethnic heritage as a badge of honor/pride.
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The workload for New York’s starters is a badge of honor — and a glaring concern.
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Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2025
Because Trump's conviction in NYC is more a badge of honor for his supporters than a disgrace.
—Bradley Gitz, arkansasonline.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Sometimes a rough hangover is touted as a badge of honor.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Five or 10 years from now, fans might look back on this era of Blackhawks hockey and chuckle knowingly, all of it just another badge of honor for the fans who stayed, the fans who stuck it out.
—Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
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Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2025
Because Trump's conviction in NYC is more a badge of honor for his supporters than a disgrace.
—Bradley Gitz, arkansasonline.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Sometimes a rough hangover is touted as a badge of honor.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Five or 10 years from now, fans might look back on this era of Blackhawks hockey and chuckle knowingly, all of it just another badge of honor for the fans who stayed, the fans who stuck it out.
—Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Badge of honor/pride.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/badge%20of%20honor%2Fpride. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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