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as in to varnish
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as in to paint
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Recent Examples of gild
Your Easter basket may be brimming with sweet treats of
chocolate rabbits and Peeps®, but making these delicious Italian rice
tarts, sweet bread and pizzelle just might gild the Easter lily.
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Mary Ann Esposito, Boston Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
Among the prizes on offer were figs, gilded Qurans, and perfumes.
—Anand Gopal, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026
One lot includes a Yohji Yamamoto black silk-wool skirt and a Whiting & Davis gilt oroton mesh purse—meaning the winning bidder will be able to recreate Bessette Kennedy’s famous look to a T.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 21 Feb. 2026
Don Quixote is about refusing to see the world in its actual grubby reality; to rather gild it in the beauties of our own invention.
—Ed Simon
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
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Mary Ann Esposito, Boston Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
Among the prizes on offer were figs, gilded Qurans, and perfumes.
—Anand Gopal, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026
One lot includes a Yohji Yamamoto black silk-wool skirt and a Whiting & Davis gilt oroton mesh purse—meaning the winning bidder will be able to recreate Bessette Kennedy’s famous look to a T.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 21 Feb. 2026
Don Quixote is about refusing to see the world in its actual grubby reality; to rather gild it in the beauties of our own invention.
—Ed Simon
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gild
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Although pest control companies offer lethal solutions such as carpenter bee traps or chemical treatments, the best way to keep carpenter bees from bugging you is using stained, sealed, varnished or treated wood in building projects.—
Sarah Linn
April 24,
Sacbee.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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Bringing a top-tier women’s sports event to the country and having its citizens watch women compete represented an opportunity to varnish its human-rights record, which has been criticized by several organizations regarding its treatment of women.—
Ava Wallace,
New York Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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Eight muscular feet tall, it is carved from cork and then selectively painted—a distant echo of tribal markings.—
Glenn Adamson,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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For an all-important sit-down dinner set inside Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper Museum, a team of Italian scenic painters—led by a woman who manages backdrops for an opera in Rome—built and painted a replica on a local soundstage that was about ¾ the size of the original.—
Mara Reinstein,
Architectural Digest,
1 May 2026
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Critics accuse it of trying to whitewash the nation’s history.—
Matthew Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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This sparked criticism that the film was attempting to whitewash history by largely ignoring the controversies of Jackson's life.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2026
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At the hip, a voluminous cream and ivory ball gown skirt begins, heavily embroidered with delicate floral and botanical details in pale pink, gold, and white, pooling dramatically on the ground.—
Renan Botelho,
Footwear News,
4 May 2026
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Dolly Parton has given the world many, many memorable quotes to live by and embroider on pillows or emblazon on candles as one sees fit.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
2 May 2026
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On a hill wreathed in mist above the dark sea that runs between New Zealand’s North and South Islands, Ward and others crossed rugged farmland late on Tuesday night, carrying seven crates in silence by dim red torchlight.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
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There’s no bad sightline in the space, from either the ground floor or upper level balcony, which looks out over a stage wreathed in pink neon and wood cutouts evoking the industrial cityscape outside.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Feeling for a lump is nearly impossible, since the pancreas is buried deep in the abdomen.—
Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
2 May 2026
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Graves are dug by hand and bodies are only buried in caskets or shrouds made of biodegradable materials like bamboo or cotton.—
Dorany Pineda,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
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Days begin at Le Plage, the freshwater pool fringed with parasols and a softly trickling waterfall, where breakfasts of eggs, local bread, warm pastries, and fresh juice appear on the long communal table.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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On the east coast of peninsular Malaysia, nestled between a turtle sanctuary and palm-fringed tourist beaches, sits one of the most consequential industrial complexes for the future of global trade.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
21 Apr. 2026
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Logan Stankoven scored twice to continue his postseason tear and the Carolina Hurricanes smothered the Philadelphia Flyers in a 3-0 victory Saturday night to open the second-round series.—
Frederick Sutton Sinclair,
CBS News,
3 May 2026
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Then there is the matter of which stories receive oxygen and which ones are smothered with a decorative pillow.—
Larry Clifton,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 May 2026
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“Gild.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gild. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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