status symbol
noun
: something (such as an expensive car) that a person owns and that shows wealth or a high social status
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These endorsements have increasingly made Tequila a status symbol in pop culture.
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Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
But is the German D.J. trio anything more than a status symbol?
—airmail.news, 30 Nov. 2024
Stewart donned the status symbol to her trial for lying during an insider-trading investigation, at which she was convicted and sentenced to a five-month stint in prison followed by home confinement.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2024
Call it the Miuccia-effect, but a Miu Miu handbag (or any accessory for that matter) has quickly become the ultimate sartorial status symbol.
—Laura Jackson, Vogue, 30 Dec. 2024
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Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
But is the German D.J. trio anything more than a status symbol?
—airmail.news, 30 Nov. 2024
Stewart donned the status symbol to her trial for lying during an insider-trading investigation, at which she was convicted and sentenced to a five-month stint in prison followed by home confinement.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2024
Call it the Miuccia-effect, but a Miu Miu handbag (or any accessory for that matter) has quickly become the ultimate sartorial status symbol.
—Laura Jackson, Vogue, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Status symbol.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/status%20symbol. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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