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decorate

[dek-uh-reyt] / ˈdɛk əˌreɪt /


VERB
honor and give medal
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All that’s missing is a Luther Vandross song to decorate the mood with romance.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

It was probably commissioned by Bishop Odo of Bayeux -- William's half-brother -- in 1077 to decorate the new cathedral in his hometown, Bayeux, according to the tapestry's home museum.

From Barron's Jul. 9, 2026

Paint, layer and decorate it to your heart’s desire.

From Salon Jun. 6, 2026

A social enterprise that helps people decorate their homes with recycled paint, repurposed furniture and recycled materials has been awarded a £400,000 National Lottery grant to help it expand its services.

From BBC Jun. 5, 2026

They seemed to bloom so fast, those red hibiscuses, considering how often Mama cut them to decorate the church altar and how often visitors plucked them as they walked past to their parked cars.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Rather, she takes a plain white bag and decorates it to the max — an “Easter basket of sorts,” as she describes the final product.

From MarketWatch Apr. 2, 2026

Notwithstanding some clunky moments, Mr. Ansari not only engineers up-to-the-minute twists on the musty Hollywood angel movie, but decorates his story with clever dialogue and wicked observations about street-level existence in the City of Angels.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 16, 2025

But the epiphanic ding! hits her as she’s smoothing a Band-Aid onto her forehead wound, and considers the superhero that decorates it: the Incredible Hulk.

From Salon Aug. 19, 2024

Take Saskia, from Bempton Grove in Hull, who - along with her two siblings - decorates their house inside and out on 1 November each year.

From BBC Dec. 3, 2023

He decorates them with swirling snakes and hungry scorpions.

From "The Night Diary" by Veera Hiranandani

The Delevingne sisters decorated the 1955-midcentury property together before handing the keys over to Usher.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

One of them was El Camino Real’s decorated baseball coach, Josh Lienhard, who has guided the team to five City Section championships.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

The bar is decorated with references to China's AI boom, with logos of the country's major labs on the walls and the menu full of jokes riffing on tech jargon.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

And legendary South African swimmer Chad le Clos became the most decorated athlete in the 96-year history of the event with 21 medals.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

Something about the borders that decorated each panel reminded Naima of an alpana design.

From "Rickshaw Girl" by Mitali Perkins

Their mostly anonymous work personalized mass-produced material by decorating dog tags and coins, and recycling debris such as discarded shell and bullet cases.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

The painting and decorating business owner said he "didn't think there were people like that in the world today".

From BBC Jun. 19, 2026

The pregnancy had been far enough along to start getting their 4-year-old daughter excited about decorating a nursery, family-of-four camping trips and what it would mean to become a big sister.

From Salon May 27, 2026

Department of Veterans Affairs External link, the holiday was established to honor fallen soldiers by decorating their graves with flowers.

From Barron's May 25, 2026

“Your room needs a little decorating help, so I thought I’d give you this.”

From "City Spies" by James Ponti




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