accoutrements

variants or accouterments
plural of accoutrement

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of accoutrements There, everything from unique eyewear to travel accoutrements will be available as distinctive accessories. Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 24 July 2026 Naturally, the home is filled with lots of midcentury furniture moments, from relaxed seating to curvy, wooden decor accoutrements. Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 23 July 2026 If your style skews maximalist, the bottoms make the perfect blank canvas for playful accoutrements. Kelsey Stewart, Glamour, 18 July 2026 The prevailing motifs include Anglo-American boarding schools and college campuses, accoutrements with a romantic aura (billowing sleeves, melting candles), and analog artifacts (old compasses, monocles). Sophia Zhang, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 July 2026 That means, filling in any holes your kiddos dug, picking up trash and disposing of it, and being sure all your toys and accoutrements are loaded back in the car and heading home with you. Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 19 June 2026 The Patterson house is filled with children’s drawings, family memorabilia, tchotchkes, posters, plants, and a wide variety of domestic accoutrements, in an eye-catching spectrum of colors. Richard Brody, New Yorker, 12 June 2026 While parents happily brought their own children to Neverland Ranch for years, the property and its many kid-friendly accoutrements were viewed very differently after the molestation allegations surfaced. Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 4 June 2026 In that building also lie the suites, each named for Newport mansions and with such accoutrements as canopy beds and standing tubs. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accoutrements
Noun
  • Millions of dollars in agricultural equipment are stored beneath the lower seating bowl.
    Tim Graham, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Hana reported that plainclothes agents confiscated phones and electronic equipment and that Seyedabdollahi was subsequently held in solitary confinement and at an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps intelligence detention facility in Isfahan.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Russia needs to send supplies such as food, fuel and military gear to support its troops and civilians, but Ukraine has disrupted that process by targeting Russian ships and ferries.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Known for producing waterfowl decoys and hunting gear, Five Rivers moved to Arkansas because of the state's stake in the outdoor industry.
    Gabe White, Arkansas Online, 14 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Scientists have also found giant squid beaks (its biting apparatus) in sperm whale stomachs.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Aug. 2026
  • On Friday’s first night of competition in Phoenix, Rivera made an uncharacteristic mistake on the uneven bars, falling from the apparatus and scoring almost two points below her typical output.
    Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

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“Accoutrements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accoutrements. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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