as in to throw (on)
to place on one's person
she donned her best gown for the ball
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as in doctor
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Recent Examples of don
Brent Lang, Variety, 25 Aug. 2025
Not only will the team don pads for the first time, fans will get the first chance to see if this culture change is just talk or palpable.
—C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 17 June 2025
Ana González Vilá, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
Stepping out among stars that included Demi Moore and Alex Consani, Paltrow committed to the house’s new artistic director Demna’s vision, donning the classic full Gucci monogram all the way down to her bold boots.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Many of Butler’s prior roles required dramatic transformations, forcing him to don prosthetics or assume different accents.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 25 Aug. 2025
Not only will the team don pads for the first time, fans will get the first chance to see if this culture change is just talk or palpable.
—C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 17 June 2025
Noun
Fans don glowing bracelets and stomp in unison, shaking the ground and chanting in an engulfing display of Cuban-American pride.
—Ana González Vilá, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
Stepping out among stars that included Demi Moore and Alex Consani, Paltrow committed to the house’s new artistic director Demna’s vision, donning the classic full Gucci monogram all the way down to her bold boots.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for don
Noun
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Experts liken these markers to fingerprints that can help doctors match each patient with the treatment most likely to work for them, making care more precise and personalized than ever before.—
Dr. Noor Shaik,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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This realistic doctor’s coat has everything your aspiring doctor needs to give their patients a check-up, including a face mask, a stethoscope with sound effects (AAA batteries not included), thermometer, syringe, reflex hammer, and reusable name tag.—
Katrina Cossey,
Parents,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Ben O’Hanlon, the key stunt rigger, rigged up a slack line that went around a corner.—
Leia Mendoza,
Variety,
26 Sep. 2025
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Bundrick allegedly used Fernandez's credit card multiple times and rigged the building's front door to open for her, according to prosecutors.—
Mason Leath,
ABC News,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Pierce also reportedly told professors that any mentions of trans identity must be taken out of course descriptions, while textbook chapters on trans identity must be omitted entirely.—
Abby Monteil,
Them.,
26 Sep. 2025
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Seeing The World Through Their Daughters’ Eyes Annmarie Caño, a clinical psychologist and professor at Gonzaga University, says the shift happens because fathers are pulled into their daughters’ lives in very real ways.—
Alex Shoemaker,
Parents,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Every single day, it's been a pleasure coming to work and putting on the orange and blue.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Sep. 2025
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In a shutdown, anything deemed nonessential is put on hold, so Americans could experience delays in certain services and hundreds of thousands of federal workers will go without pay.—
Barbara Sprunt,
NPR,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Abigail was also elected to the Homecoming Court, and she was ultimately named band president and color guard captain by her peers and instructors.—
Andy Humbles,
Nashville Tennessean,
26 Sep. 2025
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Many surveys show that college students are fearful of saying something that will alienate them from their peers or invite the disapproval of their instructors.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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So with that, don’t expect naked dressing to go anywhere anytime soon—Dakota Johnson still has much to say on the matter, with gala and awards seasons very much in motion now.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
26 Sep. 2025
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Like everyone else in a sound stage, Silver is fully dressed in sweater, jeans, and boots with an N95 mask on.—
Sophie Ansari,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In this atmosphere, microschools blossomed as a reinvention of the one-room schoolhouse that allowed one educator to teach a small group of students.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
28 Sep. 2025
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Artwork will be judged by a panel of artists and art educators.—
Caroline Ritzie,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
28 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In other words, the top search results aren't always safe, and that's exactly how scammers trick people.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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But the content, murky and misleading, is designed to trick Californians into voting for a power grab.—
Laura Koval,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Don.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/don. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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