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adjective

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Recent Examples of clad
Verb
One pro-Trump, Elon-Musk-fanboy account recently shared a suggestive image depicting a scantily clad Harris surrounded by multiple clones of Donald Trump; it’s been viewed 1.6 million times. Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2024 Watch on Deadline Bridges, who is the hacker and original video game character Kevin Flynn, appears as something of an apparition at the end in white clad robes. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 9 Aug. 2024
Adjective
However, here, the 4,150-square-foot main residence and the complementary two-story lakeside cabana adhere to a relaxed, traditional New England style with grey shingles cladding the exteriors. Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 3 Feb. 2025 The retro trend of cladding your rooms with wallpaper actually harkens further back to centuries past, when fine homes were showcases for pastoral murals in elegant gathering rooms. Jamie Gold, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for clad
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clad
Verb
  • The counterprotesters stationed themselves on the first floor in the center of the City Hall rotunda while the police union marched in circles above them around the second-floor atrium outside the mayor's office, clad in black MPA T-shirts.
    Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • For starters, hundreds of fans clad in Chiefs gear and bearing signs greeted them with various degrees of giddiness as the team passed through customs late Wednesday night.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Plus, a bathroom that’s unapologetically indulgent—dressed with a deep soaking tub, rainfall shower, and vanity mirrors that shimmer like stage lights.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Making best dressed — or worst dressed lists — is something both actresses and stylists can translate into cash.
    Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Shops sell his memorabilia — the boy's face encased in a corona of holy light is on mugs, keychains, rosaries.
    Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The black box, or boxed, warning refers to a prominent warning encased in a bold black border in the labeling or pamphlet of some medications.
    Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • On the lagoon, red orbs, sheathed in black nets, bob on the surface.
    Brienne Walsh, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The formal dining room, sheathed in a scenic wall covering, is anchored by a modular table that can seat up to 18 people.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • This top has a loose, oversized fit that can be worn with baggy jeans for a more preppy look or tucked into trousers to dress it up.
    Rylee Johnston, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Guests are encouraged to dress in 1920s–40s chic attire while enjoying casino games, raffles, and live entertainment that channels the glitz of old Harlem.
    Tiffani Jackson Skinner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • No character seems more well suited to a Halloween Horror Nights maze than this guy.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Mirrors and Windows Other surfaces that aren't well suited for your all-purpose cleaner are windows and glass.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Fewer covered patients would mean more unreimbursed costs for hospitals and less money to fund services and pay workers.
    Chris Kenning, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Any member who violates the ban would need to pay a fee equal to 10% of the value of the covered investment, and get rid of any profits from that investment.
    Emily Wilkins, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Which calls for a rethink of Clyburn’s veiled demand directed at Powell in 2021 relative to what Republicans are saying now.
    John Tamny, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • At this time, the entirety of the right side of the lunar disk will be directly illuminated by sunlight, presenting the ancient basaltic plains of Mare Serenitatis and Mare Tranquilitatis to exploration, while its left side will remain veiled in impenetrable darkness.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2025

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“Clad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clad. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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