: a picture, design, or label made to be transferred (as to glass) from specially prepared paper
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Maybe even add some textured groves or unexpected decals.
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Audrey Noble, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
The decals are valid for one year from the purchase date and cost $25 per year.
—Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 4 Dec. 2024
This magnetic reindeer decal is reflective at night and can be moved around their car throughout the season.
—Hannah Rice, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2024
Cover windows with decals or place feeders out of view.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2024
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Audrey Noble, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
The decals are valid for one year from the purchase date and cost $25 per year.
—Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 4 Dec. 2024
This magnetic reindeer decal is reflective at night and can be moved around their car throughout the season.
—Hannah Rice, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2024
Cover windows with decals or place feeders out of view.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Decal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decal. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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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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