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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

On Sunday, one of the ICE cars, a familiar white SUV from Terminal Island, was spotted with a new decal on its door: a bright-yellow “$8 Wash and Wax” sticker.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2025

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

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2025

A decal of a hooked, flapping trout was pasted to the rear window.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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

Parker, speaking from his office, which is decorated in white decals of rove beetles — which his lab exclusively focuses on — said it pays to explore “obscure branches of the tree of life.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026

They all wanted different colors and decals, and it was impossible to get them to sit still long enough for the polish to dry.

From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies

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 big trailers were rumbling in, towing the decaled racecars — the ones that resemble giant wedges, speeding doorstops.

From New York Times ● Oct. 23, 2019

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

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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