as in amulets
something worn or kept to bring good luck or keep away evil
she wears a mascot made of ebony and silver on a chain around her neck
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Recent Examples of mascots
Other marketers are catching on, seeing superfans as some combination of digital influencers and team mascots capable of doing their own brand deals.
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Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 5 Dec. 2024
The continued use of caricatures of Indigenous people as mascots since the early-mid 1900s, and the ongoing broad erasure of Indigenous histories and governments from curricula have made schools places where Native people have not been seen as contemporary, full people and nations.
—TIME, 25 Nov. 2024
That will include profiles of the people behind the mascots, and interviews with fascinating people with a connection to sports.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Oct. 2024
As one of only three female-identifying WNBA mascots, Ellie isn’t your typical mascot.
—Shelley Zalis, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
Brown plays Michelle, an orphaned teen who is navigating life in a society where sentient robots resembling cartoons and mascots live in exile after a failed uprising.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2024
Berlin, about 20 miles west of Oshkosh, is one of about two dozen communities in Wisconsin that still use Native American mascots, nicknames or logos for its school sports teams.
—Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 5 Oct. 2024
But this 10-foot-tall pachyderm, with halftime performances and a larger-than-life-persona that are as captivating as the play, is one of the rare mascots to become a star in her own right.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 5 Oct. 2024
The plastic cups are filled images of beloved characters including Barbie and Hot Wheels, Beanie Babies, Coca-Cola polar bears, Hello Kitty and Peanuts, McDonald’s mascots, and a combination of Shrek, Jurassic Park and Minions.
—Antonia Debianchi, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024
Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 5 Dec. 2024
The continued use of caricatures of Indigenous people as mascots since the early-mid 1900s, and the ongoing broad erasure of Indigenous histories and governments from curricula have made schools places where Native people have not been seen as contemporary, full people and nations.
—TIME, 25 Nov. 2024
That will include profiles of the people behind the mascots, and interviews with fascinating people with a connection to sports.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Oct. 2024
As one of only three female-identifying WNBA mascots, Ellie isn’t your typical mascot.
—Shelley Zalis, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
Brown plays Michelle, an orphaned teen who is navigating life in a society where sentient robots resembling cartoons and mascots live in exile after a failed uprising.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2024
Berlin, about 20 miles west of Oshkosh, is one of about two dozen communities in Wisconsin that still use Native American mascots, nicknames or logos for its school sports teams.
—Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 5 Oct. 2024
But this 10-foot-tall pachyderm, with halftime performances and a larger-than-life-persona that are as captivating as the play, is one of the rare mascots to become a star in her own right.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 5 Oct. 2024
The plastic cups are filled images of beloved characters including Barbie and Hot Wheels, Beanie Babies, Coca-Cola polar bears, Hello Kitty and Peanuts, McDonald’s mascots, and a combination of Shrek, Jurassic Park and Minions.
—Antonia Debianchi, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Mascots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mascots. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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