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adorn

[uh-dawrn] / əˈdɔrn /


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His signature will soon adorn our paper currency — a presidential first — and his face will appear on coins.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

Nailed on to adorn bedroom walls from Buenos Aires to Barcelona and be splashed across billboards the world over.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

How we adorn ourselves is extremely personal, even a little superstitious.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

“That picture was made, not to conceal, or destroy the apple; but to adorn, and preserve it. The picture was made for the apple—not the apple for the picture.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

The car finally pulls up to a house at the end of a street, where round bushes and rocks adorn the front path.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

It’s not just about attracting casual fans to watch the icon whose face adorns everything from airplanes to skin care products.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

His name adorns Southern Methodist University’s football stadium, and he has been seen golfing with former President George W. Bush.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Being the kind of person who adorns themselves compulsively opens you up to a slew of corny metaphors that, against your will, feel deeply relevant to you.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

It adorns an elaborate “Altar of Sin,” surrounded by classical statuary and shells.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

His eyes land on a small, circular pin that adorns her dress.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

Rick Johnson, who served in the Marines, has a porch adorned with flags.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Mackie, known widely as the King of Camp, who adorned superstars including Diana Ross, Dolly Parton, Beyoncé and Miley Cyrus with fringe and sparkles, died on Sept. 14 in Palm Springs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

There were handheld American flags on skinny sticks, midsize ones to display on a wall and majestic formal flags adorned with silky gold fringe.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

Seguso pieces have adorned the Vatican and hundreds of museums.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

The girl was adorned with 5,250 ivory beads.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

It’s not necessarily a perspective one expects to be accompanied by the kind of scorching guitar riffs adorning “Date Night.”

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026

“It was all appropriated guitar bodies which Lucien had then turned into wall sculpture by either painting or adorning them with bottle caps, glitter, tin foil, etc,” Powers wrote in Office Magazine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

We would be sipping ice-cold spritzes at cafés overlooking the Mediterranean, frolicking down cobblestone streets lined with charming boutiques, and marveling at the frescoes and marble sculptures adorning grand cathedrals.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

There are no betting odds adorning the scrolling scoreboard.

From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2026

There are countless tattoos, and yet they meld and flow into one design gracefully adorning her like an elegant, unusual piece of jewelry.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern


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