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
Jenner donned a black leather bra and matching micro shorts that had hanging silver chains attached at the hips.
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Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
For the shoot, the star also donned a black ball gown with lace detailing at the neckline and a voluminous skirt.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
The couple broke down their outfits with Kai rocking a combination of Maison Margiela and vintage fashion while Gigi donned an Oh Polly fit paired with a Dior bag.
—Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 9 Oct. 2025
The athlete donned tennis whites, featuring a polo shirt with short sleeves and matching wide-leg trousers.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2025
Dufrene—who runs a popular airboat swamp tours in Louisiana—donned a more casual getup, including a navy shirt jacket and pants, baseball cap, and gas station sunglasses worn upside down.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2025
Jaxson Dart donned a Breitling Superocean after his first game with the NY Giants.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2025
The 35-year-old donned a little black dress clad with a jeweled neck-piece.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Even Kristian Campbell and Masataka Yoshida donned first baseman's mitts to try to get a feel for the position.
—Michael Hurley, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
For the shoot, the star also donned a black ball gown with lace detailing at the neckline and a voluminous skirt.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
The couple broke down their outfits with Kai rocking a combination of Maison Margiela and vintage fashion while Gigi donned an Oh Polly fit paired with a Dior bag.
—Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 9 Oct. 2025
The athlete donned tennis whites, featuring a polo shirt with short sleeves and matching wide-leg trousers.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2025
Dufrene—who runs a popular airboat swamp tours in Louisiana—donned a more casual getup, including a navy shirt jacket and pants, baseball cap, and gas station sunglasses worn upside down.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2025
Jaxson Dart donned a Breitling Superocean after his first game with the NY Giants.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2025
The 35-year-old donned a little black dress clad with a jeweled neck-piece.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Even Kristian Campbell and Masataka Yoshida donned first baseman's mitts to try to get a feel for the position.
—Michael Hurley, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for donned
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Donna, dressed in purple jail attire, teared up as Graber, a Broward obstetrician/gynecologist and former state lawmaker, spoke.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
15 Oct. 2025
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Maass traced her rounds, dressed in crisp blue-and-white stripes, white muslin cap with a black ribbon, thermometer pushed through a buttonhole.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The pro-Maduro National Electoral Council claimed that President Maduro had won a third term with 51% of the vote, but the opposition said the vote had been rigged and evidence showed González had won by a landslide.—
Kate Bartlett,
NPR,
10 Oct. 2025
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Once the gear arrived, Chapman connected the devices to VPNs, remote desktop tools like AnyDesk and Chrome Remote Desktop, and even rigged up voice-changing software.—
Kim Komando The Kim Komando Show,
FOXNews.com,
8 Oct. 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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Indivisible is putting on No Kings with organizations including the ACLU, 50501, Planned Parenthood, the Sunrise Movement and various labor unions.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
12 Oct. 2025
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MacKinnon and his new running mate certainly put on a show Saturday night.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Donned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/donned. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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