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trademarks

  • plural
    of trademark.
    trademark
    noun
    any name, symbol, figure, letter, word, or mark adopted and used by a manufacturer or merchant in order to designate specific goods and to distinguish them from those manufactured or sold by others. A trademark is proprietary and is usually registered with the Patent and Trademark Office to assure its exclusive use by its owner or licensee.
  • present tense form
    of trademark (3rd person singular).
    trademark
    noun
    any name, symbol, figure, letter, word, or mark adopted and used by a manufacturer or merchant in order to designate specific goods and to distinguish them from those manufactured or sold by others. A trademark is proprietary and is usually registered with the Patent and Trademark Office to assure its exclusive use by its owner or licensee.

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Promotional content posted by the White House on social media also included images that resemble trademarks and designs from Microsoft-owned Xbox.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

It’s an album that aligns with each musician’s trademarks — characterized by Lange’s soothing electronica and Reyna’s eclectic elasticity — but an entirely unique work within their respective discographies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

While artists own their names, likenesses and logos under intellectual-property trademarks, music merchandisers say government enforcement is limited.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

One ally describes this as one of Burnham's trademarks, telling me he was a "brilliant leader of teams, and that included Conservative and Lib Dem council leaders".

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

If I died, I didn’t want people remembering me for the stacks of legal briefs I’d written or the corporate trademarks I’d helped defend.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama