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as in to adorn
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming
bedecked the house with hundreds of miniature lights for the party
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as in to clothe
to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes
the ladies arrived bedecked in furs
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Recent Examples of bedeck
Mary Jane-style ballet pumps bedecked with horns were another fantastical feature at Coperni.
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Alice Pfeiffer, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
The living room is bedecked with vintage floral wallpaper and features a wood-burning stove and one of the home’s two antler chandeliers.
—Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2024
An early inspiration for the filmmaker and his star, even going back to the making of the first film, was that music lives inside Arthur waiting to get out, just as his alter ego bedecked in that clown makeup also was waiting to get out.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2024
The couple stood on a dock for what appeared to be their waterfront mansion, as boats, bedecked with Trump flags, passed by.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2024
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Alice Pfeiffer, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
The living room is bedecked with vintage floral wallpaper and features a wood-burning stove and one of the home’s two antler chandeliers.
—Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2024
An early inspiration for the filmmaker and his star, even going back to the making of the first film, was that music lives inside Arthur waiting to get out, just as his alter ego bedecked in that clown makeup also was waiting to get out.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2024
The couple stood on a dock for what appeared to be their waterfront mansion, as boats, bedecked with Trump flags, passed by.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2024
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This awe-inspiring exhibit features a glowing, two-story Victorian-style gingerbread house in the hotel's grand lobby, adorned with more than 1,900 pounds of candies.Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Clooney spared no accessory, adorning her look with gold dangling earrings, gold-and-white bangles, and a pair of oversized square sunglasses.Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024
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Allu Arjun displays charming talent in the film and his most impressive performance comes twice in the film - both times, he is seen clad in a saree and involve intense fight sequences.Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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One by one, however, as the event’s end time inched near, attendees headed back down to the posh hotel’s lobby—those clad in the brand’s new garb surely among the best dressed in the establishment.Jamila Stewart, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2024
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Don’t Neglect the Base Just as the ornaments that decorate your tree can have a big impact on the overall look and feel of your artificial tree, so too is what’s underneath all those branches.Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Dec. 2024
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The American mall and Spencer’s: A symbiotic relationship In 1982, decorated CBS News reporter Charles Kuralt rode an escalator to the top level of a Midwestern shopping center.Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 6 Dec. 2024
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Meghan Markle will dress on theme to celebrate her friends!Charna Flam, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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All are, inexplicably, dressed in 19th-century clothing, from the children crowding the entry gate to the old men who act as referees.John Last, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Bedeck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedeck. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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