How to Use standard-bearer in a Sentence

standard-bearer

noun

• And now the standard-bearers of the Right are saying it.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 20 Sep. 2024
• Trump is poised to be the standard-bearer for the GOP for the third time in as many elections, and in record time.
  — Susan Page, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2024
• And what about the world that looks to America as a beacon of hope and the standard-bearer of liberty and justice?
  — Mansoor Shams, Baltimore Sun, 23 July 2024
• The late Michael Jackson was the standard-bearer before Swift, once landing the top three albums on the chart a week following his death in 2009.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 9 Feb. 2024
• Hamas also wants to be seen as the standard-bearer of Palestinian resistance across the Arab world.
  — Marc Fisher, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2023
• Not even the Candy brothers, standard-bearers of the London trophy-condo craze, could flip a unit there.
  — Curbed, 27 Nov. 2023
• This type of performance — not what happened in Tokyo — is the norm for the U.S. women’s gymnastics program that has been the standard-bearer in the sport for more than a decade.
  — Emily Giambalvo, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
• Neither came from wealth and both had to defy doubters to become their party’s standard-bearer.
  — Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
• The opposition tends to have a more secular and diverse approach, and views the court as a standard-bearer for its cause.
  — Ronen Bergman, New York Times, 21 July 2023
• Germany was quick to point out that Mr. Macron seemed an unlikely standard-bearer.
  — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Mar. 2024
• Many Ukrainians do not see Navalny as the democratic standard-bearer he is considered to be in the West.
  — Serhiy Morgunov, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
• That puts the new Democratic standard-bearer 10 points ahead of where Biden stood with Latinos earlier this year.
  — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2024
• No platform, no voice And so the GOP’s young standard-bearer for the working classes simply repeats the same bootstrap rhetoric that’s been peddled for decades.
  — Lennard J. Davis, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2024
• Many longtime standard-bearers of the company’s DNA have also walked away in recent years.
  — Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 31 July 2024
• But over the past four decades, Strait has not only beat the odds of a fickle industry, but became a standard-bearer, by keeping a laser focus on what matters most: the music, and artistry, and the fans.
  — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 29 July 2023
• Month after month, a new video game became the standard-bearer for its respective genre, series or platform.
  — Gene Park, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
• But Pro Tools still holds court as the standard-bearer for cross-platform digital audio workstations when working on client projects day in and day out.
  — PCMAG, 1 May 2024
• For my entire life, Stanford women’s basketball has been the standard-bearer for excellence on the West Coast.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024
• In many respects, too, the NYPD has been the standard-bearer of tactical innovation and management reforms over the past three decades.
  — Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Mar. 2023
• Trump’s team ahead of the debate equated the Republican standard-bearer to boxing great, Muhammad Ali.
  — Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 11 Sep. 2024
• The last time a party chose a standard-bearer who didn't really go before primary voters was in 1968.
  — Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 24 July 2024
• Now, Democrats have broadly accepted him as their standard-bearer, even if half would prefer someone else.
  — Camille Baker, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2023
• On that score, the 1916 Philadelphia Athletics are the standard-bearers.
  — The Editorial Board, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2024
• Now in its 11th generation, the Honda Civic continues to be the standard-bearer in the small car category.
  — Brett Berk, Good Housekeeping, 4 Apr. 2023
• At various points, members stopped talking to one another; Weir, the rhythm guitarist, and Phil Lesh, the bass player, carried on a kind of cold duel over who’d be the standard-bearer.
  — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
• There’s no dancing around it: Donald Trump remains the standard-bearer of the Republican Party.
  — Jason L. Riley, WSJ, 21 Feb. 2023
• The naming of the 60-year-old Walz was not a shocker, as his name was instantly thought to be in contention in the two weeks since Harris succeeded President Biden as the party's standard-bearer.
  — Fox News Staff, Fox News, 6 Aug. 2024
• And in recent days, other Republicans looking to be the party's standard-bearer have started to chip away at the front-runner over the documents case.
  — Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 13 June 2023
• If the vice president and Democrats’ new standard-bearer wants to wrap herself in the aura and energy of Oakland, many in this proud, struggling city are happy to accept the accolade.
  — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
• Previously, Michael Jackson was the standard-bearer for dominance, notching the top three albums in the week following his death in 2009.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 7 July 2023

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024