Sentences with phrase «as status symbols for»

In other words, achievements are designed to function as status symbols for gamers.

The people creating the most problem with dogs are: those using dogs as status symbols for the wrong reasons; undereducated owners who do not realize the time it takes to properly raise any dog; those who unintentionally allow undesired behaviors to grow and fail to address them.

These animals are used to gain profit, for fighting and entertainment, and they serve as status symbols for most of the people living in the city.

What breed is most often exploited at this time, as status symbols for doing bad things, guarding drugs, belonging to gangs, and in dog fighting?

In our culture, dating an older partner is often seen as a status symbol for younger women — we're often told that older partners will be more financially and emotionally stable, which is why being courted by an older partner is often seen as a compliment, a confirmation that you, indeed, have your act together and are desirable.

The newest iPhone, whose name has already leaked out as iPhone X, will be like the original in that it will be higher in price than most people are used to paying for phones, it will be constrained in availability due to the difficulty of its manufacture, and it will serve as a status symbol for its owners.

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The company touts the terminal as a Stradivarius for the beautiful music of making money, and as a status symbol.

This wasn't quite as big of an issue in America, but for many years, the Burberry brand was the standard issue dress as a status symbol of thugs and gangs all across England.

Jack Ma has achieved rock - star status in China as a symbol of Chinese entrepreneurship and as an evangelist for small business.

Depending on the culture and times jewellery may be appreciated as a status symbol, for its material properties, its patterns, or for meaningful symbols.

My critism is not at people working 9 to 5 jobs but at the whole system of 9 to 5 jobs.Having a 9 to 5 job also becomes a status symbol in South Africa cause a job means money, money immediately means a better standard of material living.Its very frustrating actually.There are many creative options as a way of earning a living.Again, to reitterate, its the system that gets me mad, institutionilisation of peoples lives for money...

Ms. Agrell suggests that stamps in children's passports are merely status symbols for the aforementioned «affluent, affected parents», and even quotes the godfather of travel guidebooks, Arthur Frommer, as questioning how children or parents benefit from family travel.

Some European - made antique carriages are status symbols for celebrities such as Madonna and Celine Dion, who spent $ 2,600 on the classic Balmoral Pram, described by some Web reviewers as a tiny Humvee.

The prime minister's comments prompted humorous exchanges online but they also revealed a strange status for pasties after Budget 2012, with MPs treating the food as the new «price of milk» — a symbol of how connected a politician is with the public.

De Blasio has recently been more reluctant to leave Brooklyn, citing a long commute to high school for his 15 - year - old son Dante and his 11th Street house's status as a symbol of his populist image.

Many are sold as food, many are slaughtered and sold as parts for «medicinal» purposes and aphrodisiacs, and many are huge, high - stakes status symbols for the wealthy elite — such as tigers, monkeys and Komodo dragons.»

Case and his colleagues concluded that most were used for military purposes, such as spotting distant ships or approaching troops, or were simply collected as status symbols, before they achieved widespread scientific use.

We are in a world where these things are touted as important status symbols and steps toward success, but they are not accessible for most people.

Cast as much for her sex - symbol status as her chops, Johansson nevertheless delivers one of her most astonishing performances — one that essentially finds her playing a performer, albeit an unearthly one.

The film «E.T.», which the family sees together, becomes a dynamic symbol both for the family's acceptance of Frankie's «return home» to heaven, but also for their own status as aliens in America.

Just think about it, nearly three times as many households own stock as tune in for the wildly popular show American Idol (21 million)-- and four times as many people own stocks as own an iPod (22 million), a modern day status symbol.

Economy cars has always been available, but did not sell nearly as well as large and comfu gas - guzzler... status symbols... safety... and many excuses for buying big and livin» large!

The Lincoln owner views the MKS as a reward for hard work, not simply an outward symbol of status.»

It has become a status symbol for the upwardly mobile middle - management set, just as the original GTI came to represent the cash - rich «yuppie» over 30 years ago, and continues to thrive in spite of the charge of cars such as the Audi A3 and BMW 1 Series.

Of course, the Tesla is beyond the budget of many car buyers, but for those who can afford a premium vehicle, the Tesla is an «EV that doubles as a status symbol,» says Eric Novak, editor - in - chief for EnviroDad.com and co-creator of the Canadian Green Car Award.

The Platinum Card ® from American Express has long been one of our favorite credit cards, for many years acting as a status symbol.

The opening line for the podcasts starts out with Dave saying «This is the Dave Ramsey show where Debt is DUMB, Cash is KING and the paid off home mortgage has taken the place of the BMW as the status symbol of choice».

«ghetto trash who misuse this breed for fighting and as a status symbol»

How is it not a status symbol for some wealthy American to buy a supposedly rescued dog as a Valentine's Day present?

See CDC dog fatalities report from 1979 - 1998, and those numbers have climbed even higher thanks to the ghetto trash who misuse this breed for fighting and as a status symbol.

Until we as a society recognize that any breed will react differently if is part of the family versus an outside dog that is purchased to be utilized as a guard dog, a status symbol or for monetary purposes, there will continue to be tragedies.

Ornamental dogs had been used as status symbols the world over for centuries.

Simply put, trophyism is the tendency for men to view women as objects to be collected and displayed as status symbols of their sexual prowess or virility.

The trope occurs when women or women's bodies are employed as rewards for player actions, a pattern which frames female bodies and sexuality as collectible or consumable and positions women as status symbols designed to validate the masculinity of presumed straight male players.

«The character is not without controversy for her early status as a sex symbol, but she's evolved with the franchise to become the epitome of a strong female hero.»

I'm not sure the gold paint job really does much in the way of apologizing for the fiasco considering it will eventually be released to all players — effectively neutralizing it as a status symbol.

The work investigates the role of shoes as status symbol in the urban context, elevating the role of the shoe shiner as the provider of a tool for ascension.

Miller's gewgaws can be seen as modern equivalents to Warhol's dollar - sign paintings and Daniel Buren's stripes — fetishes that have no inherent value in themselves but that externalize unconsciousness, destabilize our relationship to art, and are vivid symbols for their own status as placeholders for the rich.

For the world's wealthiest people, art, and especially modern art, is now accepted as an asset - class investment, as well as being an object of desire and a symbol of social status — all of which insulate the top of the art market from the woes of the rest of the global economy.

Animal fur as a status symbol takes another blow as enlightened fashion houses trade fox for faux.

However, ivory isn't a traditional Japanese material for hanko name seals but became popular in the 1960s as a luxury status symbol.

One of the biggest reasons that rooftop solar panels have become much more than green status symbols for wealthy customers is net metering, a policy which allows solar panel - owning homeowners to see their electric meters spin backwards — and their utility bills shrink — as they generate their own electricity.

Nail polish has been around for over 5,000 years and was originally worn in both China and Egypt as a status symbol.

A high - priced Apple Watch — even a gold edition that costs $ 50,000 — could have been a status symbol by the virtue of what it represented beyond itself as a product: a contribution to a charitable foundation or the pursuit of science for the good of humanity.

Last year we saw a special Colette edition of the OnePlus 3T, which kept the same specs as the 3T, but was matte black and had the Colette engraved on the lower back of the phone, for those who want to show their status symbol.

For $ 5 a month or $ 50 a year, you can sign up for Discord Nitro, which functions more as a status symbol and a tip jar than as an upgraded version of the aFor $ 5 a month or $ 50 a year, you can sign up for Discord Nitro, which functions more as a status symbol and a tip jar than as an upgraded version of the afor Discord Nitro, which functions more as a status symbol and a tip jar than as an upgraded version of the app.

Bottom line: Millennials don't view their homes as a status symbol or long - term investment but as an important purchase for living now and enjoying life.

«Modern professionals have student debt, less earning potential than previous generations, a growing craving for real - world connections away from curated lives on social media feeds, and no longer value home ownership as a status symbol.

The rest of the world still had yet to catch up on the use of the rug as a status symbol as well as elegant interior decoration, but the Middle East and Asia had already started to make the most of their affinity for area rugs.