adorns

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It was Brown, a Rhode Island blue blood whose name now adorns an Ivy League university, who in 1790 financed Slater’s stolen ideas for a state-of-the-art cotton mill.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

Its red bull’s-eye symbol adorns Target Field, the Target Center arena and the downtown Target Plaza complex that houses the retailer’s headquarters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

A fig tree adorns the ceiling in the hallway and birds fly up the stairs along the walls.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025

Anything that adorns us daily begins, eventually, to define us.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2025

It’s the hood ornament that adorns vehicles made by Peugeot, one of the oldest and largest of Europe’s carmakers.

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