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Recent Examples of bibelot The painting then remained in the artist’s possession and out of public sight until it was bought, in 1927, as a chic bibelot for a swanky members-only social club in London. Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 9 May 2022 Bruno Magli’s luxe nappa leather bibelot upgrades the standard-issue, white plastic AirPods case. Kareem Rashed, Robb Report, 16 Nov. 2021 Well, nobody ever brought in any bibelot on Dominique. William Middleton, Town & Country, 7 Mar. 2018 Inside there is a small desk with a computer; a bookshelf is adorned with bibelots and certificates of appreciation with her name in fancy script. New York Times, 29 May 2018 Oh, if only Trump had a crystal ball among those Bedminster bibelots! Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2017
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Noun
  • Many deciduous ornamentals including redbuds, forsythia, crabapples, fruit trees, quince azaleas and many others were not adversely affected by last summer’s drought and the cold, windy winter and frozen soils that followed.
    Pamm Cooper, Hartford Courant, 10 May 2025
  • Companion plants for ornamentals such as hydrangeas are selected for aesthetic purposes.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The hand ornament represents the friendship between women, a spokesperson for Hu told me.
    Anthony DeMarco, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
  • First appearing on the marble above the fireplace, the ornaments are now also on the Oval Office walls.
    Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025

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“Bibelot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bibelot. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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