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wallpaper

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


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As if to underscore the radical turn these artists were making, the paintings are hung on an ornate plum-red wallpaper in a wainscoted gallery that harks back to the Grand Palais’s look.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 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

After several thousand hours of filming, the wallpaper is changed to provide clients with variety.

From Barron's Jun. 11, 2026

I squint to make out the pastel figure decorating the wallpaper behind him.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

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

"The target market for this is insanely small," he told one user on X last September who questioned his decision to launch a digital wallpapers app.

From BBC Dec. 2, 2025

I designed some almost-old-fashioned floral wallpapers for this house, but they’re often purposefully paired with a stripe.

From Los Angeles Times May 12, 2025

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

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

The couple took an easier approach in the second room, wallpapered with an artsy series of sardine cans.

From Washington Post Apr. 14, 2023

Elliott said she wallpapered the room with 1 millimeter of a cork product, and the layers help with soundproofing.

From Seattle Times Jan. 6, 2023

One room of the show is wallpapered in a printed motif of enormous leaves, smeared here and there with giant slathers of fecal brown paint, on which paintings hang.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2022

I stacked a few plates and followed Mrs. Baxter into the wallpapered kitchen.

From "The Red Umbrella" by Christina Gonzalez

Keep in mind: Not all rooms are good candidates for wallpapering.

From Seattle Times Feb. 28, 2024

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

For more than half a century, Reita Green has run her own wallpapering business in and around Los Angeles.

From New York Times Sep. 19, 2022

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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