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wallpaper

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


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

From Barron's Jun. 11, 2026

“Elements such as the staircase cherubs, vibrant patterned wallpaper, curved French patio doors, and the deeply personal, expressive touches throughout make the home both memorable and visually striking.”

From MarketWatch Jun. 3, 2026

Hell isn’t fire and brimstone after all; it’s wallpaper, beige carpet and drop ceilings.

From Salon May 30, 2026

Inside, the wallpaper is flaking, carpets are frayed and doors are broken.

From BBC May 20, 2026

She wore a green silk dress that made her seem as if she belonged on that green velvet couch with that green-and-gold wallpaper.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart

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 great outdoors played a significant role in the design of the home, which was outfitted with multiple organic elements, including silk wallpapers, fossil stone floors, and rich wood accents and beams throughout.

From MarketWatch Feb. 2, 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

He sits with Maxine on the fainting couch, leafing through a coffee table book she’d helped to edit on eighteenth-century French wallpapers, one side of the book resting on each of their knees.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

He records his first-hand “George Perez Stories” podcast and YouTube videos in a studio wallpapered with every vinyl comedy album he can find.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 27, 2024

Now, ahead of the big game, the league has effectively wallpapered its image onto Las Vegas.

From New York Times Feb. 8, 2024

Jenkins has designed rooms with wallpapered ceilings featuring elaborate florals, clouds and multicolored, marbleized patterns.

From Seattle Times Jan. 19, 2023

"It also works equally well to line a half wall wallpapered above wainscoting."

From Salon Aug. 2, 2022

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

From "The Red Umbrella" by Christina Gonzalez

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

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

At the Broad, curator Sarah Loyer has grouped works thematically, virtually wallpapering many of the 10 galleries, floor to ceiling.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 6, 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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