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as in to varnish
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as in to paint
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Recent Examples of gild
Britain’s 10-year gilt yields were little changed on Friday morning.
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Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025
Today, Florentine gilded wood is still desirable, particularly among designers.
—Heather Bien, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2025
During the time, apples, red strips of paper and gilded nuts were all popular decorations to add to a Christmas tree, according to the source.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
There were other chances, goals ruled out, Murphy striking the crossbar, and then Joelinton gilded the scoreline after intercepting a pass out from Amadou Onana that straddled negligence and criminality.
—George Caulkin, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
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Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025
Today, Florentine gilded wood is still desirable, particularly among designers.
—Heather Bien, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2025
During the time, apples, red strips of paper and gilded nuts were all popular decorations to add to a Christmas tree, according to the source.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
There were other chances, goals ruled out, Murphy striking the crossbar, and then Joelinton gilded the scoreline after intercepting a pass out from Amadou Onana that straddled negligence and criminality.
—George Caulkin, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gild
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Both works underwent conservation at Harvard, with conservators Ellen Davis and Kate Smith noting that Two Human Beings had at one point been varnished, in a move inconsistent with Munch’s practice, and that Train Smoke had accumulated atmospheric grime and was in need of paint stabilization.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
6 Feb. 2025
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Red and brown cliffs, varnished by thousands of years of high-desert weather, towered on either side of me.—
Derek M. Norman,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Jan. 2025
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The roof is painted black, while the black rose hue is complemented by satin rose gold accents at the front, sides and rear of the vehicle.—
Alistair Charlton,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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Although generally painted as having underperformed in Ukraine, Russia's air force would still be formidable.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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The grounds are a botanical marvel—lush gardens filled with subtropical plants frame whitewashed buildings that evoke traditional Andalusian architecture with contemporary sophistication.—
Shelby Knick,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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For a long time, film and TV stories of the American West were aggressively whitewashed.—
Alexis Soloski,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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Whether in silk, embroidered, in Lurex, or covered in glitter and sequins, socks were everywhere — from Miu Miu to Valentino to Rabanne.—
Sandra Salibian,
WWD,
17 Mar. 2025
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In his Facebook profile picture, the fighter is seen in fatigues embroidered with what appears to be HTS insignia.—
Tamara Qiblawi,
CNN,
17 Mar. 2025
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Air Traffic Control had cleared both planes, despite the airport being wreathed in fog.—
Julia Buckley,
CNN,
16 Mar. 2023
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The deal itself was wreathed in controversy.—
Rory Smith,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2023
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Gaza’s health ministry said the toll was likely to rise with many people buried under rubble.—
Abeer Salman,
CNN,
20 Mar. 2025
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Scattered across a chain of subtropical islands in southwestern Japan, buried under rocks, or deep within the region’s humid soil, researchers discovered seven new species with segmented bodies and dozens of slender legs.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
19 Mar. 2025
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Lenses can also suffer from a malaise known as chromatic aberration, in which different wavelengths of light are refracted to slightly different degrees so that different colors come to focus at different points, resulting in color fringing around objects.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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Her eyewear was usually cushioned by her coiffed blonde hair; her beauty aesthetic built intentionally around ‘notes on bangs’: From side-swept to feathery wisps, thick curtains, and a pixie fringed trim.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
1 Feb. 2025
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At their best, both teams can smother and stifle with their full-court pressing defenses after made shots.—
Mark Schindler,
The Athletic,
17 Mar. 2025
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Massive snow clouds like battalions have smothered the sunlight.—
Joyce Carol Oates,
The New Yorker,
16 Mar. 2025
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“Gild.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gild. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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