: a picture, design, or label made to be transferred (as to glass) from specially prepared paper
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The employees drove to the post office in a CBP vehicle, which displayed Department of Homeland Security and CBP decals, to see if any inbound mail had arrived, the affidavit says.
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Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 18 Mar. 2025
Since the bus had no school decals, it was treated as a standard charter vehicle.
—Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
Keep it simple: Clothing with decorative pieces like lace, sequins, patches, and decals—or even zippers or buttons that come into direct contact with the child's skin—can be irritating.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 20 Feb. 2025
Agents said Lopez showed them a vessel decal that did not match the Well Craft, according to the complaint.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2025
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Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 18 Mar. 2025
Since the bus had no school decals, it was treated as a standard charter vehicle.
—Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
Keep it simple: Clothing with decorative pieces like lace, sequins, patches, and decals—or even zippers or buttons that come into direct contact with the child's skin—can be irritating.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 20 Feb. 2025
Agents said Lopez showed them a vessel decal that did not match the Well Craft, according to the complaint.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2025
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“Decal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decal. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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a shortened form of earlier decalcomania "the art of transferring pictures," from French décalcomanie (same meaning), from décalquer "to copy by tracing" and manie "mania, craze"
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