How to Use status symbol in a Sentence

status symbol

noun
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  • This kind of weave hit the scene in the '70s, and now it’s become something of a status symbol.
    — Kristine Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The power of the tiny bag hand in hand with the status symbol that is Trader Joe’s can’t be beat.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Strolling in style The stroller has become as big of a status symbol as a Birkin bag or a Cartier bracelet.
    — Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 17 July 2024
  • The Row’s Margaux bag is many things: a purse, an heirloom in the making, and a status symbol.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 2 Aug. 2024
  • The best luggage sets are a kind of travel status symbol.
    — Gaby Keiderling, harpersbazaar.com, 13 May 2023
  • One more thing: If your device is part workspace, part status symbol, then the foldables are without a doubt the way to go.
    — Mike Feibus, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2024
  • Here, a car is a sanctuary, a second home and a status symbol.
    — Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The wide variety of wildlife sacrifice was seen as a status symbol for the Han rulers.
    — Lyric Li, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, the bow served less of a practical purpose and was used as a status symbol.
    — Heather Taylor-Singh, refinery29.com, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Over the past decade, flying Delta has become something of a status symbol.
    — Chris Dong, USA TODAY, 21 June 2024
  • The check mark has at times been decried as just another status symbol, a way for people to earn clout.
    — Rachel Lerman and Faiz Siddiqui, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Apr. 2023
  • At some places around town, a glass jar of juice has become its own status symbol, the name on the cup an indication of your wealth bracket.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2024
  • Fast forward to the 19th century, and the idea of putting ice in drinks caught on in America, first as a status symbol with the rich and then with everyone else.
    — Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 6 July 2024
  • Musk’s myopic view of blue checkmarks as solely a status symbol and nothing more led him astray.
    — Scott Nover, Quartz, 21 Apr. 2023
  • In 2024 there’s no question that jeans have become a genuine status symbol.
    — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 13 Feb. 2024
  • In the music and fashion industries, Timberlands have become a status symbol, worn by hip-hop stars throughout the 1990s and the style set in the noughties.
    — Alice Cary, Vogue, 27 Mar. 2023
  • In Britain, having more than one child is becoming something of a status symbol.
    — Vicky Spratt, refinery29.com, 22 July 2024
  • Securing a spot at these tough-to-get-in restaurants has become a status symbol for New Yorkers—and even those who are well-in-the-know are scrambling to get a seat.
    — Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 30 July 2023
  • Carriages have long been used to transport royals and remain a status symbol.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Gold statuettes may be the Oscars’ ultimate status symbol, but what of the envelopes that reveal the big winners?
    — Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2024
  • In fact, pet snakes were considered a status symbol there as recently as the early 2000s.
    — Marisa Sloan, Discover Magazine, 9 Mar. 2023
  • In the past, an indoor well was a status symbol of convenience and luxury that kept one from trending outside for a cup of water.
    — House Beautiful, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Small status symbol bags in particular are a statement in fashion and status in themselves—think of the Louis Vuitton bag that was as large as a grain of sand.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The Stanley tumbler becoming somewhat of a status symbol was not on our bingo cards for 2024.
    — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Bows used to be gender-specific to aristocratic men, used as a status symbol worn in their hair.
    — Jocelyn Silver, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2023
  • But with that has come a chance to examine all of that privilege of having traveled and being cultured as a status symbol.
    — Kate Siber, Outside Online, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Just look to the billionaire men of Succession, for whom a traditional blazer is both a suit of armor and a status symbol.
    — Lauren Hubbard, townandcountrymag.com, 28 Apr. 2023
  • How did the big cup go from hydrating service members to becoming a status symbol?
    — Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Farmers markets are the place to see and be seen, and tickets to the exclusive Tower Bridge gala dinner have replaced the Michael Kors purse as a status symbol for locals.
    — Chris MacIas and Tim Swanson, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
  • In the most elite circles, snoozing for 10 to 14 hours (and reaching the REM phase) is considered a status symbol—quite the reverse from an era dominated by girlbosses who only required a few hours of sleep to function at high capacity.
    — Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 10 Oct. 2024

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