silver medal
noun
a medal, traditionally of silver or silver in color, awarded to a person or team finishing second in a competition, meet, or tournament.
silver medals
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pluralof silver medal.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Langton, a late call-up to Team England in the place of the injured six-time Olympic medallist Max Whitlock, was unable to join his teammates on the podium as England collected their silver medals.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
China's defending champion Gu, who came to Italy seeking a clean sweep of three golds in her events, has so far failed to top the podium, winning silver medals in slopestyle and big air.
From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026
Knight, who has a gold and three silver medals from her previous Olympics, will add another medal to her haul on Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026
But it was from a press conference earlier this week that her remarks to a journalist went viral, when she was asked if she felt her two silver medals were actually two golds lost.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
To help the new enterprise, an incentive to emulation was proposed by the offer of two silver medals, one for the most humorous tale, and the other for the best answer to a prize enigma.
From History of English Humour, Vol. 2 by Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange
