gilded
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It’s no coincidence that Notre Dame’s current national championship drought has now stretched longer than at any other point in the school’s gilded history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
An elegant woman gazes out from her portrait with expressive eyes, a gilded wreath worn in her hair and a gentle, questioning look on her face.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
For those with financial means, it was a kind of gilded servitude, in which the young sacrificed their waking lives to teachers who primed them for the concert hall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
It is fenced in and gilded, with literal gold.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
All this was contained in a cityscape of carved honey stone and gilded domes, the streets radiating out from an ancient amphitheater filled with colorful market stalls.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
Vocabulary lists containing gilded
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
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Grade 11, List 4
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"Sonnet 55" by William Shakespeare
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