as in adorns
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming
you could pretty up the room rather inexpensively simply by painting it
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The script adorns its skein of criminal dealings with idiosyncratic action, too.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
21 Aug. 2025 -
But his artwork adorns the cover of the album, the first all-instrumental release by five-time Grammy Award-winner Stuart and his 23-year-old band.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 July 2025
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Alcoves hold large bronze sculptures; in the center is a large table that the family decorates to complement the season.—
Ray Mark Rinaldi,
Denver Post,
7 Dec. 2025
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Later, while Meghan decorates the tree, the camera stops on an ornament dedicated to him — a quiet, touching tribute to the rescue dog who’d been by her side since before royal life and died last winter.—
Erin Hill,
PEOPLE,
3 Dec. 2025
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“Pretties (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pretties%20%28up%29. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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