icon
noun
a picture or symbol that appears on a screen and is used to represent a file, account, application, etc..
icons
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pluralof icon.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The two characters - long-standing icons of the games - are martial artists who trained under the same teacher before their relationship went sour.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
The review covered hundreds of species on the IUCN's "red list" -- icons like staghorn and table corals whose mineral skeletons give reefs their dazzling three-dimensional complexity.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Around 1944, Evans’s clowns transform into her signature symmetrical, archetypal masks and mandalas—totemic images and icons that feel urgent, primeval and alive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
As a punk historian who’s written so much about this music and its icons, why do you think now is the right time to time to tell your story?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Point to four quarter notes or four icons while the class pats a steady beat.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
