as in adorning
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming
decorated the mansion's hallways with priceless paintings and luxurious tapestries
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Recent Examples of decorating
Ahead of the holiday, Paris was also photographed decorating her house.
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Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Chrome’s versatility, affordability, and natural shine give it fresh appeal for decorating, and the vibrant metallic is dressing up everyday decor and fixtures.
—Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Oct. 2025
Festivities also include face painting, sugar skull decorating and paper flower workshop along with a lowrider car show by the Callejeros de Encinitas Car Club, artist demonstrations, vendors and food truck.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2025
The Country Store sells a collection of fall decorating items, delicious jams, jellies and honey, farm toys and more, while concessions classics like BBQ and hamburgers plus fall favorites like pumpkin fudge and funnel cakes can be found at the Food Depot.
—Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Oct. 2025
Find giant puppets and family activities from the Multicultural Artists Guild at the children’s museum; the art museum will offer sugar skull-decorating, dance and music.
—Lisa Hix, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
In a new career retrospective interview with The Guardian, Curry, who played the concierge in the movie, recalled once having to lie to Ivana about her choice of interior decorating in the hotel, where the movie was filmed.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Oct. 2025
The act of choosing, placing and sometimes decorating the pumpkin allows the families of these children to include and remember them in their fall festivities and day-to-day lives.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
As arena employees started dismantling the balloon columns decorating the venue and turning hordes of mostly female fans away, there was a frenzy of frustrated tweeting and lots of tears.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2025
Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Chrome’s versatility, affordability, and natural shine give it fresh appeal for decorating, and the vibrant metallic is dressing up everyday decor and fixtures.
—Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Oct. 2025
Festivities also include face painting, sugar skull decorating and paper flower workshop along with a lowrider car show by the Callejeros de Encinitas Car Club, artist demonstrations, vendors and food truck.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2025
The Country Store sells a collection of fall decorating items, delicious jams, jellies and honey, farm toys and more, while concessions classics like BBQ and hamburgers plus fall favorites like pumpkin fudge and funnel cakes can be found at the Food Depot.
—Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Oct. 2025
Find giant puppets and family activities from the Multicultural Artists Guild at the children’s museum; the art museum will offer sugar skull-decorating, dance and music.
—Lisa Hix, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
In a new career retrospective interview with The Guardian, Curry, who played the concierge in the movie, recalled once having to lie to Ivana about her choice of interior decorating in the hotel, where the movie was filmed.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Oct. 2025
The act of choosing, placing and sometimes decorating the pumpkin allows the families of these children to include and remember them in their fall festivities and day-to-day lives.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
As arena employees started dismantling the balloon columns decorating the venue and turning hordes of mostly female fans away, there was a frenzy of frustrated tweeting and lots of tears.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decorating
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The program employs more than 700 women artisans who produce handwoven bands adorning each Zacapa bottle.—
Renan Botelho,
Footwear News,
4 Nov. 2025
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Their offices are clean and modern, with renderings of the arena project adorning the walls.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The silhouette of the dress was mostly fitted, but with the draping element and asymmetric design, the frock featured some fluidity of movement.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
6 Nov. 2025
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Skirmishing, partying, carving cups, draping themselves in fur, making smart headgear.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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Bibb took to her Instagram story before the annual event, sharing a behind-the-scenes video of Chris McMillan trimming her ends.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
4 Nov. 2025
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Once the tree is installed, state Department of General Services crews will go to work trimming the tree over the next several days.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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Use dressing within 1 day, or store in an airtight container in refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
3 Nov. 2025
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Last September the company opened The LaPointe Atelier at 31 Howard Street in Manhattan to host private appointments for its statement occasion dressing, as reported.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Decorating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decorating. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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