gold-plated

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Recent Examples of gold-plated Her debut presentation, staged around a vintage dentist’s chair, featured silver or gold-plated molars strung into necklaces and bracelets with colorful enameled links, or worn as earrings set with semiprecious stones. Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 4 Aug. 2025 The sterling silver and gold-plated accents allow the earrings to pair well with the silver and gold pieces in your existing jewelry collection. Jené Luciani Sena May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 14 July 2025 Will all the airborne lavatories be gold-plated — or just the presidential ones? The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 15 May 2025 The minute and hour hands and the hands in the subdials are gold-plated. Anthony Demarco, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2025 Found in a man’s grave, the weapon’s silver- and gold-plated hilt is engraved with patterns, and a ring is fused to its pommel (the top of its handle). Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025 Listen to this article Loading your audio article Police on Friday identified the thorny thief who stole a gold-plated rose from a 9/11 memorial display at a Midtown church. Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 22 Nov. 2024 The surgical steel posts are gold-plated and hypoallergenic for sensitive skin. Rachel Trujillo, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gold-plated
Adjective
  • Lit just right, the gilded panels, many of them newly restored, speak movingly of higher things.
    Louise Bokkenheuser, Air Mail, 4 Oct. 2025
  • In one bar, their gamma ray wails seem teleported from a gilded and advanced future; in the next, explosions of wrath, lust, and violence feel like psalms freestyled onto tablets of red clay.
    Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • They are designed with intricate details and a grand gold rim that would pair perfectly with these Gold Acorn Appetizer Plates.
    Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
  • At the entrances to the port terminal and aboard the vessel, men and women wore long red jackets tightened by gold buttons and donned black pants with gold stripes.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2025

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“Gold-plated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gold-plated. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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