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
The fun part is decorating them and trying to expand our horizons creatively.
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Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2025
Activities include animal viewing, slides, bounce house and pumpkin decorating.
—Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
Grab these stunning fall decor finds and start decorating.
—Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
The Hollywood Walk of Fame takes up the sidewalk outside Kimmel's venue, with names as diverse as Roy Disney, Eva Longoria, Kelly Ripa, Paul Rudd and Chris Pratt decorating the pavement.
—Sarah Whitten,gabriel Cortés, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2025
Everyone, no matter their design aesthetic, strives to maintain a clean home, but what if some of your decorating decisions are actually making your space look dirtier and more cluttered?
—Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2025
Designed by decorating icon Bunny Williams, the Cranborne lampshade boasts the signature sophistication that Williams has built a career on.
—Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 19 Sep. 2025
These are no-brainers for decorating your home’s coffee station.
—Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Sep. 2025
Some did a combo, buying a cake but then decorating it.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2025
Activities include animal viewing, slides, bounce house and pumpkin decorating.
—Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
Grab these stunning fall decor finds and start decorating.
—Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
The Hollywood Walk of Fame takes up the sidewalk outside Kimmel's venue, with names as diverse as Roy Disney, Eva Longoria, Kelly Ripa, Paul Rudd and Chris Pratt decorating the pavement.
—Sarah Whitten,gabriel Cortés, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2025
Everyone, no matter their design aesthetic, strives to maintain a clean home, but what if some of your decorating decisions are actually making your space look dirtier and more cluttered?
—Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2025
Designed by decorating icon Bunny Williams, the Cranborne lampshade boasts the signature sophistication that Williams has built a career on.
—Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 19 Sep. 2025
These are no-brainers for decorating your home’s coffee station.
—Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Sep. 2025
Some did a combo, buying a cake but then decorating it.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decorating
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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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Thankfully, a shelter volunteer, Nikki Miller, took up Chase’s cause, giving him a bath, trimming his nails and shaving his fur to get him back to looking his best again.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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Its trimming rippled in the afternoon wind.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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Elsewhere a fresh sense of femininity took shape as Prada offered a free and fluid way of dressing with unexpected silhouettes and pairings, while Fendi leaned into a youthful and playful energy through use of unexpected color and mixed fabrications.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
29 Sep. 2025
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Elliott believes that his cast dressing to the nines in outrageously glamorous frocks and bejeweled Carmen Miranda-style headgear atop their wigs, helped pave the way for the likes of RuPaul’s Drag Race to enter the mainstream.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Decorating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decorating. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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