: a picture, design, or label made to be transferred (as to glass) from specially prepared paper
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The car’s white livery and white wheels fit in well with the snow, along with the black trim and the racing decals.
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Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 2 Feb. 2026
This look features pearl decals settled among bright pink hearts on a milky base.
—Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 31 Jan. 2026
Lemontini nails and fruit decals in the summer, chrome for fall, and what for winter?
—Irene Coltrinari, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2026
Green's Cadillac Catera had a decal on it that also corresponded to one on the vehicle observed in the McDonald's video footage, investigators said.
—Adam Thompson, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
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Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 2 Feb. 2026
This look features pearl decals settled among bright pink hearts on a milky base.
—Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 31 Jan. 2026
Lemontini nails and fruit decals in the summer, chrome for fall, and what for winter?
—Irene Coltrinari, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2026
Green's Cadillac Catera had a decal on it that also corresponded to one on the vehicle observed in the McDonald's video footage, investigators said.
—Adam Thompson, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
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“Decal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decal. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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a shortened form of earlier decalcomania "the art of transferring pictures," from French décalcomanie (same meaning), from décalquer "to copy by tracing" and manie "mania, craze"
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