diamonding

verb

present participle of diamond
as in jeweling
to make more attractive by or as if by adding diamonds The ballroom soon filled with diamonded guests ready to dance.

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diamonding
  1. decorating
  2. dressing up
  3. trapping
  4. dressing
  5. brightening
  6. freshening
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  • Throw Pillows Throw pillows are decorating powerhouses that can make your bedroom or living room look more stylish and feel more inviting.
    — Kristin Hohenadel, The Spruce, 18 July 2026
  • Handmade pottery, especially serving bowls and pitchers, is perfect for decorating shelves, consoles, and mantels.
    — Shagun Khare, Martha Stewart, 12 July 2026
Definition of decorating
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  • Today, dressing up as an athlete, the same as in any public-facing career, is an unavoidable profile-raising effort.
    — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
  • Summerween treats dressing up as a warm-weather activity, no trick-or-treating required.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 8 July 2026
Definition of dressing up
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  • That region is the light-trapping outer boundary of the black hole known as the event horizon, which prevents us from ever seeing the singularity at the heart of the black hole or receiving information from it.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 16 July 2026
  • The car then overturned and submerged, trapping Lewis inside.
    — Andrea Klick, Oc Register, 16 July 2026
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  • The throwback design also spoke to the ancient Greek and goddess-inspired dressing Zendaya and Roach have embraced for this press tour.
    — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 13 July 2026
  • Zendaya and Roach kept their streak of robotic, cyborg dressing going by putting her in a vintage circuit board-esque skirt-suit from Alexander McQueen’s 1999 collection for Givenchy.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 12 July 2026
Definition of dressing
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  • Air molecules reflect and scatter light beyond an immediate beam, which is why the sky starts brightening at dawn even before the sun climbs above the horizon.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 14 July 2026
  • Detroit has also allowed a league-high 153 points through three weeks, further brightening Crawford’s outlook.
    — Juan Carlos Blanco, Forbes.com, 12 July 2026
Definition of brightening
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  • Lemon can be used for everything from freshening bed linens to removing stains from clothes–including cleaning your microwave.
    — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 27 June 2026
  • Neither does freshening with sprays or perfumed products like dryer sheets.
    — Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 June 2026
Definition of freshening
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