ornament
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Buried under the capital’s broad avenues, however, are a series of public spaces eschewing classical ornament yet achieving something rarer—a monumental and timeless civic dignity.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
LeBron James is now a fancy hood ornament on a broken-down jalopy.
From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026
Russian investigators have prevented a giant meteorite fragment being smuggled to Britain disguised as a garden ornament, the Federal Customs Service reported Thursday.
From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026
To begin with, the pair's practice focused on sleek, stripped-down buildings with little or no ornament, in which a structure's function was meant to dictate its form.
From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025
“There is a lovely old-fashioned pearl set in the treasure chest, but Mother said real flowers were the prettiest ornament for a young girl, and Laurie promised to send me all I want,” replied Meg.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
Vocabulary lists containing ornament
"Macbeth": Act 1 Scene 7
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This Week in Words: Current Events Vocab for November 26–December 2, 2022
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Unit 4, Whole-Class Learning
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