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don

[don, dawn] / dɒn, dɔn /
VERB
clothe
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STRONGEST


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On his way to golfing utopia last year, McIlroy carded four double bogeys over the week - a tally which nobody had ever recorded and still managed to don the Green Jacket.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

In the Disney show, Cyrus played Miley Stewart, a high school student by day who would don a blond wig and become pop star Hannah Montana at night.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

Do you don workwear as equipment or expression?

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

Women would wear dresses and stockings; men would don suits and hats.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

“Wha? Ooo-wee. You don understan at all, man. I got a job workin with a bird. How you like workin with a bird?”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole




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