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appliqué

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verb

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for appliqué
Noun
  • The Lesage embroidery atelier, founded in 1924, became part of Chanel’s specialty atelier division in 2002.
    Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Additionally, Aetrex offers a foot measuring technology service with a customization station that allows for embroidery onto totes, T-shirts, and more, as well as laser-etching engraving on the ubiquitous water bottles.
    Roxanne Robinson, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The model’s black dress was embroidered with holographic sequin sheets, giving the dress a chain metal illusion look.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The custom floor-length Atelier Versace gown was made navy crepe de chine, and featured a damier motif that was embroidered with black silk thread.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Here’s a peek at the new flavors and some of the ingredients that inspired them: Lemon curd & whey This light and citrusy flavor uses whey as a substitute for lemon juice to make lemon curd that ribbons throughout the ice cream base.
    oregonlive, oregonlive, 24 May 2023
  • Introduce the color in small doses: a throw on the couch, ribbon on a wreath, trim around a lampshade, or even gift wrap on the packages.
    Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Nov. 2022
Verb
  • Always willing to suffer for the cause, Silverman was sentenced to eight days in the clink for refusing to pay a small fine levied after he was caught illegally painting a cycle lane on a residential street.
    Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Instead of listening, her mother-in-law dismissed every point and painted herself as a victim.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • At her London Photocall, the root of her hair appears braided, which makes her misty texture more pieced apart.
    Essence, Essence, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The cable is braided and durable.
    Sascha Brodsky, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Now that Off the Wall has been elevated to diamond status, Jackson claims three such winners.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Lucid in its clean, limpid minimalism, Mitchell’s prose was like a beautiful, clear river, its bottom not muddy but sparkling—sparkling with what might simply be gravel catching the light or, perhaps, diamonds worth diving for.
    Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Borom, Daniel Brunskill, Jackson Carman, Braeden Daniels and Kion Smith all belong on Miami’s practice squad, the team’s developmental unit for youngsters and fringe NFL talent.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2025
  • The islands that became the Outer Banks fringing the North Carolina coast first appeared 15,000 years ago, when sea levels dropped and the nation’s shoreline migrated inward from the continental shelf, Young said.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Don, Gail and Heather were taken to the hospital and died within days after consuming the Beef Wellington served by Erin, which had been laced with the deadly mushrooms at her Leongatha house in July 2023, PEOPLE previously reported.
    Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The Jamaican pour is drier, citrus-laced, with a leathery finish—structured, not sweet.
    Gina Pace, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Appliqué.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appliqu%C3%A9. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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