: a picture, design, or label made to be transferred (as to glass) from specially prepared paper
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This means police don’t have to display bold decals to pursue you.
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Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 15 June 2025
But the ongoing matchup between the Western Conference champion Oklahoma City Thunder and the Eastern Conference winners — the Indiana Pacers — featured virtual decals.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2025
Additionally, 76% of respondents said that others were interested in the decal and learned from it.
—Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 19 May 2025
Customers who prefer not to have the decals may also specify their vehicle without those elements.
—Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
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Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 15 June 2025
But the ongoing matchup between the Western Conference champion Oklahoma City Thunder and the Eastern Conference winners — the Indiana Pacers — featured virtual decals.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2025
Additionally, 76% of respondents said that others were interested in the decal and learned from it.
—Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 19 May 2025
Customers who prefer not to have the decals may also specify their vehicle without those elements.
—Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for decal
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“Decal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decal. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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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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