as in dressed
to place on one's person
she donned her best gown for the ball
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Recent Examples of donned
Macklovich also shifted into a formal all-black tuxedo, and the wedding party donned different hues of pink for the ceremony.
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Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
This is the same artist who posed nude on The Barter 6 and who donned a dress for the cover of Jeffery.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
When Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, donned a pair of Veja’s V-10 shoes at the 2018 Invictus Games in Sydney, Australia, the ensuing attention nearly crashed its website.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 30 Sep. 2025
Ashley even donned the undone style on the Met Gala red carpet in 2017, tucking her blond ends under a dull green collar.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2025
Georges Braque and André Derain donned the horizon blue of the French Army.
—Christopher C. Gorham
september 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, Gregg Donovan, who donned a black top hat and red blazer, carried a laminated sign welcoming Kimmel back.
—Sarah Whitten,gabriel Cortés, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2025
Cozy sweats and stretchy yoga pants were donned by even the most fashionable travelers; however, matching sweats are no longer the marker of a put-together traveler.
—Genevieve Cepeda, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2025
Every single superstar who has donned the purple and gold has been able to capture at least one title for LA.
—Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
This is the same artist who posed nude on The Barter 6 and who donned a dress for the cover of Jeffery.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
When Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, donned a pair of Veja’s V-10 shoes at the 2018 Invictus Games in Sydney, Australia, the ensuing attention nearly crashed its website.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 30 Sep. 2025
Ashley even donned the undone style on the Met Gala red carpet in 2017, tucking her blond ends under a dull green collar.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2025
Georges Braque and André Derain donned the horizon blue of the French Army.
—Christopher C. Gorham
september 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, Gregg Donovan, who donned a black top hat and red blazer, carried a laminated sign welcoming Kimmel back.
—Sarah Whitten,gabriel Cortés, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2025
Cozy sweats and stretchy yoga pants were donned by even the most fashionable travelers; however, matching sweats are no longer the marker of a put-together traveler.
—Genevieve Cepeda, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2025
Every single superstar who has donned the purple and gold has been able to capture at least one title for LA.
—Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for donned
Verb
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One year, really early on in my career, I was dressed as Elvira.—
H. Alan Scott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Normani, Ally Brooke, and Dinah Jane were shown several times seated at a prominent ballroom-side table dressed to the nines in support of their sister in song.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Lindell alleged the machines were rigged to change Trump votes to Biden votes.—
Steve Karnowski,
Twin Cities,
29 Sep. 2025
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Trump argued that the election was rigged.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Sep. 2025
Verb
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These approvals would enable architects and developers to use SUPERWOOD as cladding on taller buildings.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Sep. 2025
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That’s good, but cladding a phone whose raison d’etre is gorgeous, slim design seems less than ideal.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
Verb
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Every single day, it's been a pleasure coming to work and putting on the orange and blue.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Sep. 2025
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In a shutdown, anything deemed nonessential is put on hold, so Americans could experience delays in certain services and hundreds of thousands of federal workers will go without pay.—
Barbara Sprunt,
NPR,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Donned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/donned. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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