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wallpaper

[wawl-pay-per] / ˈwɔlˌpeɪ pər /
VERB
paper
Synonyms
STRONG
WEAK
paste up
Antonyms
WEAK


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Eataly itself sells a $25.99 Alfredo that, unlike so many jarred Alfredo sauces, does not taste as though someone dissolved Parmesan into wallpaper paste.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026

Adjacent to the kitchen there are several seating areas surrounded by floral wallpaper.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

Witkoff has become so ubiquitous in international transactions that his role as the co-founder of Trump’s business has all but faded into the gilt wallpaper of the Oval Office.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026

That level of period detail extends to Bradbury & Bradbury wallpaper, ball-trim swag valances and wall air vents laser-cut in Moorish patterns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

In the fall of 1942, people in Leningrad had nothing left to eat but wallpaper paste and broth made of boiled leather.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

The bathrooms exude charm thanks to their patterned wallpapers.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

He raised the roof of the house he inherited; added wings, a porch and a cupola; and selected—along with his wife, Martha—the interior’s paint colors, wallpapers and furniture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026

It includes prints, watercolours, ceramics, wallpapers, murals, posters, advertising designs, book illustrations and even a garden bench.

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2024

“Certain colors get canceled out. You have to think about wallpapers, upholstery and drapery fabric. Those are the big things.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2023

Flames had made their way into the lobby, catching on the thick carpet, on the restored wallpapers, the posters.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

The Boston Globe’s lead baseball scribe wallpapered the sports section with his Sunday Notes column, providing intelligence from all around Major League Baseball.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Common to much of the user-generated content are eerie images and haunting stories of mysterious, yellow wallpapered corridors and empty office-like spaces that exist outside of, or beyond, reality itself.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026

From wallpapered ceilings and hand-painted murals to lattice-covered walls and dueling kitchen islands, each room is a visual delight, even if it’s not your personal taste.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2025

A wallpapered room lit by ceiling bulb is just visible upstairs.

From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2024

Risking injury, my father and Jimmy Papanikolas carried everything up the secret stairway behind the wallpapered door.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

If Nickey and Kehoe are working with a lively pattern in a bedroom, for instance, wallpapering a single wall behind the bed may be enough.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2024

Reita Green, a former dancer and actress, has become best friends with wallpapering partner Beverly Pate, who’s 58 years her junior.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2023

She says the company took her and her colleagues on training courses to learn how to to do DIY, such as painting and wallpapering.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2023

These long chains of fractions could stretch out across 15 feet of notebook pages wallpapering his cell.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 2, 2023

The mural itself had been damaged in spots by all the wallpapering done over it, so she was not able to make out the artist’s signature.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood


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