gilds

Definition of gildsnext
present tense third-person singular of gild

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gilds
Verb
  • Truist details allegations against former bank executives Truist’s complaint paints a picture of betrayal and covert meetings preceding the exodus.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Sherald paints Black people with care, and grayscale skin tones and flat fields of color shift the focus away from assumptions about race and toward character.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 27 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The biography is presented as a clear-eyed and evenhanded examination of Reid’s complex legacy that neither whitewashes his methods nor diminishes his accomplishments.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • If either smothers the grass for long periods, this can compact soil and lead to mold problems.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 Jan. 2026
  • At Lo Zingaro Nature Reserve, Mediterranean scrub smothers steep hillsides that edge abruptly to meet a surreal, gin-clear water.
    Rosalyn Wikeley, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • But Tan’s comment buries the lede.
    Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The painter spends hours drawing sketches of the corpse, then chops up her body, arranges the pieces in a suitcase and buries it with the help of an old man sitting under a cypress tree.
    Amir Ahmadi Arian, The Dial, 15 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • But the data only tells them the ‘what’ not the ‘why’ — which is where experience still eclipses the cold, hard numbers in the data.
    Andrew Rice, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Boasting 701 hp, the new 2026 Turbo S eclipses the GT2 RS as the most powerful 911 in history.
    Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 5 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • And since the movie is premiering at Sundance, it’s probably destined to be praised in a way that overshadows its quality of hermetic gloom.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Our $622 price estimate for ISRG stock is due for an update to account for these results, likely retaining significant upside as the quality of execution overshadows the slowdown narrative.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Cheerfully unconcerned with any notion of what real lawyers might wear to work, costume designer Paula Bradley creates her own fantasy version of office wear involving jewel-tone hats and gloves, diamonds the size of baseballs and enormous displays of cleavage.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Astrochemistry could also benefit from the idea that diamonds in meteorites and rocks may form through cosmic particle irradiation, rather than solely through heat and pressure.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • An unsettled air now hangs over fashion weeks and flagship stores, where there should be excitement about new ideas.
    Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 26 Jan. 2026
  • And like everything that falls under the category of mockumentary, the shadow of the late, great Rob Reiner‘s gamechanging movie hangs over this faux-doc on the agony and XCX-stasy of being Charli.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2026
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“Gilds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gilds. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.

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