as in to adorn
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming
for Valentine's Day the dance hall was festooned with a riot of red hearts and bow-wielding cupids
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Stock gets its name from its flowers, festooned tightly around the stalk that bears them, suggesting the familiar clerical collar known as a bib stock.
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Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 30 Jan. 2025
The clip features Aldean performing in front of a courthouse festooned with an American flag; the performance footage is interspersed with images of burning flags and protesters clashing with police and robbing a convenience store.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 21 Jan. 2025
Another parent, Dana Schechtman, told me that every day at pickup his two-year-old daughter insists on walking up to a bulletin board festooned with pictures of Weekday teachers.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2025
Carollo’s got more ideas — soccer fields, pickleball courts, beaches festooned with University of Miami and FIU logos.
—Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
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Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 30 Jan. 2025
The clip features Aldean performing in front of a courthouse festooned with an American flag; the performance footage is interspersed with images of burning flags and protesters clashing with police and robbing a convenience store.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 21 Jan. 2025
Another parent, Dana Schechtman, told me that every day at pickup his two-year-old daughter insists on walking up to a bulletin board festooned with pictures of Weekday teachers.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2025
Carollo’s got more ideas — soccer fields, pickleball courts, beaches festooned with University of Miami and FIU logos.
—Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Festoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/festoon. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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