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Recent Examples of accessorize
Suri could be seen wearing a white tank top and baggy cargo pants, accessorizing with red shoes.
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Hannah Sacks, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
The singer accessorized with a polka-dot ERL necktie and a pair of gold necklaces featuring the names of her two sons, Riot, 23 months, and RZA, 3.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
In one of the photos, Sims can be seen standing on the edge of a yacht, looking out into the distance with her hand in the air, accessorizing the look with black sunglasses and a red pedicure.
—Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Comic Leanne Morgan glows in peach for an interview, accessorized with an invisible halo of buzzing nerves clouding her thoughts.
—Erin Jensen, USA Today, 31 July 2025
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Hannah Sacks, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
The singer accessorized with a polka-dot ERL necktie and a pair of gold necklaces featuring the names of her two sons, Riot, 23 months, and RZA, 3.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
In one of the photos, Sims can be seen standing on the edge of a yacht, looking out into the distance with her hand in the air, accessorizing the look with black sunglasses and a red pedicure.
—Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Comic Leanne Morgan glows in peach for an interview, accessorized with an invisible halo of buzzing nerves clouding her thoughts.
—Erin Jensen, USA Today, 31 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for accessorize
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The food containers are all decorated with whimsical illustrations, and the bag even features a crossword puzzle with McDonaldland trivia.—
Erin Clements,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Artist Jeremy Novy, who has been decorating Milwaukee streets with his koi fish since 2006, will design the crosswalks.—
Rose Androwich,
jsonline.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Inside, colorful portraits of the actor Steve McQueen and the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat adorn the walls, and an ’80s soundtrack (Peter Gabriel, Simply Red, the Pretenders) provides a quiet rock background.—
Seth Sherwood,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
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The script adorns its skein of criminal dealings with idiosyncratic action, too.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
21 Aug. 2025
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Volunteers will be painting, spreading mulch, beautifying the park’s tributes to San Jose’s sister cities and working on two community art projects.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
1 Aug. 2025
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Davis stressed that none of these were substitutes for sunscreen but that they could be used in addition to further help beautify skin.—
Katherine Fung,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 July 2025
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Reynolds’s colorful and gruesome account of Mocha Dick’s end was likely embellished for maximum effect on his readers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Aug. 2025
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The strapless corset gown had a sheer illusion jacket embellished with pearls and was paired with a cathedral veil.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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The service was held at Chapel of the Chimes, where members of the Oakland Police Department Honor Guard stood posted at both ends of the coffin and a U.S. Army sergeant presented the American flag that had draped his casket to his family.—
Harry Harris,
Mercury News,
15 Aug. 2025
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Instead, lean into timelessness and practicality with ankle-length or shorter silhouettes tailored from crepe and wool or draped from more fluid materials like silk.—
Laura Lajiness Kaupke,
Vogue,
12 Aug. 2025
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For brightness and crunch, the salad is tossed with a citrus vinaigrette and, just before serving, garnished with cilantro and smoked almonds.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
14 Aug. 2025
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So far, only $50,000 of that has been paid and was obtained by garnishing his bank account.—
Mike Hendricks,
Kansas City Star,
14 Aug. 2025
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The men are artfully dressed in Victorian silk dresses, their coiffed hair braided, and ornamented (in Park’s case) with a simple crown of three spheres.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Both of their homes are ornamented with distinct lines of grass and dirt on them around 2-3 feet above the ground, a marker for how high the water rose.—
Jack Albright,
jsonline.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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The event is also philanthropic: proceeds benefit the Baha Mar Resort Foundation and the Mark Knowles Children’s Initiative, charities dedicated to enriching the Bahamian community and nurturing the next generation of tennis talent.—
Laurie Werner,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Washington’s invigorating performance goes far beyond charisma and technique to enrich the role with an imaginative repertory of seemingly spontaneous gestures: a chilling series of gun-pointing fingers when in doubt; the removal of a diamond earring at a point of financial need.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Accessorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accessorize. Accessed 24 Aug. 2025.
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