as in decorating
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming
deck the halls with boughs of holly
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Recent Examples of decking
Gardens brim with fall florals, landscapers here seem to outdo themselves, decking porches and pathways with mums, pumpkins, and late blooms that rival summer’s splendor.
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Christine Chitnis, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
This year, Home Depot is giving holiday enthusiasts plenty of reasons to start decking the halls early.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2025
The family has just attended a joyful church service, greeting neighbors in the market square before returning home for the thrilling ritual of decking the Christmas tree.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2025
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Christine Chitnis, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
This year, Home Depot is giving holiday enthusiasts plenty of reasons to start decking the halls early.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2025
The family has just attended a joyful church service, greeting neighbors in the market square before returning home for the thrilling ritual of decking the Christmas tree.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decking
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Host of the dinner, Lauren Santo Domingo, also went strapless in a minimalist column by The Row with a fin of seam allowance decorating the back.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
3 Oct. 2025
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Marta and her friends, twelve women, had spent Saturday night decorating it.—
Mariana Enriquez
October 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Oct. 2025
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Although a ladder is needed for adorning the tree with ornaments, the tree is pre-lit, so that tangled strands of lights are a thing of Christmas past.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
29 Sep. 2025
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Thug has managed to find a way to push the envelope all these years later with Uy Scuti, adorning a Druski-esque whiteface that reads as a somewhat subversive take on the current moment’s politics.—
Rolling Stone,
Rolling Stone,
26 Sep. 2025
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There is a little bit of Italian history embedded in the collection, as draping is informed by Dante Alighieri’s tunics seen in portraits of him.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
23 Sep. 2025
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The webs multiply, draping across sidewalks, stretching across paths in the woods, appearing in every corner of our porches, and popping up near ceilings all over town.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Decking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decking. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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