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donning

[don-ing] / ˈdɒn ɪŋ /
VERB
clothe
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I imagine the A.I. bot like a child playing dress-up, donning an oversized blazer and glasses for a game of “businessman.”

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

Team Italy, for example, celebrated home runs by donning an Armani jacket in the dugout and taking a ceremonial shot of espresso.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026

“I’m much less certain about that now,” he says, on a video call from his home office in Seattle, donning a sweatshirt that reads “Science” across the front of it.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

Bad Bunny wore an all-white ensemble, with a football jersey featuring the number "64" and "Ocasio," before donning a classy suit jacket.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

Not wanting to waste the seal meat, he lifted the carcass in his teeth and flipped it onto the back of Lee Scoresby’s larger sledge before donning the armor.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman