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decal

[dee-kal, dih-kal] / ˈdi kæl, dɪˈkæl /


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And now the University of Tennessee will honor that special relationship with the singing superstar with a helmet decal to be worn by Volunteers players all season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

When Bronner pulled up to company headquarters in his Tesla—a dragon decal along the side and a speckled mutt in the back seat—he was 30 minutes late.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

To advertise her business, she affixed a decal and phone number to her white 1984 Pontiac Fiero, a sporty two-seater with retractable headlights.

From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026

Through the tear gas and dust, his family recognized Retes’ car and the veteran decal on his window.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2025

Mai looked back at the school and saw a decal in a classroom window.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan

The “2026 Postseason” decals had been freshly painted up the baselines that afternoon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Stickers and car decals featuring Wang Wang and her puppies have also been put up for sale on China's largest e-commerce platform Taobao.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Searching the phrase on Etsy today yields thousands of products bearing the phrase, from T-shirts to window decals to letter-bead bracelets.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026

Bulky surgical lights loom over a vacant room transformed into a life-size version of Twister, complete with brightly colored decals resembling the familiar red, yellow, green and blue game mat.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

If I could choose, I’d wear blue jeans with sparkly decals, a blouse with decorated buttons, and a vest!

From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper

He retreats to his souped-up, eye-catching blue trophy truck with “Philly’s Own Reinvention Club” decaled on the side, and a stab of jealousy twists Sabrina’s guts.

From Slate ● Jan. 29, 2022

The agency said it has been unable to determine a correlation between decaled vehicles and lethargic diamond lanes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2018

A yellow school bus belonging to their church sat nearby — ‘‘God Bless Honduras’’ and ‘‘Never Give Up’’ colorfully decaled across the windshields.

From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2015

Bezzina’s van, a boxy 12-seat Ford, would look at home in a church parking lot if not for the knobby antennas on top and the route decaled in yellow across its doors: “Connecting the Future.”

From Washington Times ● May 31, 2014

Helmeted, buckled up and clad in a fireproof jumpsuit, he averages about 150 m.p.h. in his 670-horsepower gold-on-black Pontiac and is usually hotly pursued by a roaring pack of heavily decaled Chevys, Fords and Chryslers.

From Time Magazine Archive


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