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as in to varnish
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as in to paint
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Recent Examples of gild
Everything was endlessly rewritten, re-recorded, tweaked, gilded and polished.
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Todd Longwell, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
Sunlight pierced the clouds, gilding the forested shoreline and Alpine pastures in honeyed light.
—Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
Whether gilded onto walls in European estates or woven through tapestries now hanging in museums, this symbol of luxury transmitted a message of nuanced taste and cultural awareness.
—Rachel Gallaher, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2025
Don Quixote is about refusing to see the world in its actual grubby reality; to rather gild it in the beauties of our own invention.
—Ed Simon
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
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Todd Longwell, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
Sunlight pierced the clouds, gilding the forested shoreline and Alpine pastures in honeyed light.
—Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
Whether gilded onto walls in European estates or woven through tapestries now hanging in museums, this symbol of luxury transmitted a message of nuanced taste and cultural awareness.
—Rachel Gallaher, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2025
Don Quixote is about refusing to see the world in its actual grubby reality; to rather gild it in the beauties of our own invention.
—Ed Simon
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gild
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Reaching the island is all part of the fun too, requiring you to hop aboard a vintage, slickly varnished wooden boat at Balmaha and schedule a pick-up time for the way back.—
Rosie Conroy,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
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Like most ’80s metal heroes who briefly lost their way in the late ’90s, Megadeth have spent the 21st century varnishing their legacy with what’s tried and true, delivering eight LPs since 2001 that all basically sound the same.—
Eli Enis,
Pitchfork,
26 Jan. 2026
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The plans included renderings of what the building would look like if it's painted white.—
Arden Farhi,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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If the office building is painted white – in a process that would degrade the granite – a visual key to understanding its architectural and political history would be lost.—
Kevin D. Murphy,
The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2026
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Some view the men's team as complicit in whitewashing the Iranian government's repression and can’t bear to watch the competition.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
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To whitewash the tree, combine equal parts of white latex paint with water, and brush the mixture on branches or areas of the trunk that are exposed to the sun.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
9 Apr. 2026
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Prosecutors discussed the pants Athena wore when she was abducted; Ashley Strand identified them positively, a pair of blue jeans with flowers embroidered on them.—
Amelia Mugavero,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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The signage lets viewers know it is made from silk chiffon and embroidered with bugle beads.—
Ray Mark Rinaldi,
Denver Post,
6 Apr. 2026
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There’s no bad sightline in the space, from either the ground floor or upper level balcony, which looks out over a stage wreathed in pink neon and wood cutouts evoking the industrial cityscape outside.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Residents looked on in awe as atmospheric friction brought on by the blistering speed of re-entry wreathed the capsule's heat shield in glowing plasma.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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Bishop acquired the property, intending to preserve the inactive cemetery as a memorial site for the military veterans buried there, some dating back to the Civil War.—
Nicole Comstock,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Three other Syrian relatives were also killed in the Ain Mreisseh strike and were buried on Saturday in the town of al-Shuhail in Deir el-Zour, after the family split upon returning to Syria.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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On Israel, which fringes on both the Left and the Right have increasingly abandoned, Gallego questioned those who want to defund defensive support to the Middle Eastern nation.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Apr. 2026
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The world’s continents are fringed by vast expanses of sand and mud.—
David George Haskell,
Big Think,
27 Mar. 2026
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When his team returned to the deep-sea site, however, its brilliant colors were smothered under a blanket of fluffy gray scum.—
Jeffrey Marlow,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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Servers also handed out Impossible nuggets smothered in mustard, which vanished just as fast.—
Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Gild.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gild. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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