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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
Slats of reactive armor, which can thwart armor-piercing charges, bedecked its sloped front end.
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C.j. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Indulge in twenty-four gourmet biscotti bedecked with six decadent flavors.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 13 Dec. 2024
Genaro Milan and his wife Paola came to camp bedecked in Chiefs gear.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 12 Jan. 2025
No extravagant decorations that normally bedeck the West Bank city of Bethlehem at Christmas.
—John Otis, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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C.j. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Indulge in twenty-four gourmet biscotti bedecked with six decadent flavors.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 13 Dec. 2024
Genaro Milan and his wife Paola came to camp bedecked in Chiefs gear.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 12 Jan. 2025
No extravagant decorations that normally bedeck the West Bank city of Bethlehem at Christmas.
—John Otis, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedeck
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Rounding it all out is the 1,600-square-foot guesthouse, which is adorned throughout with pecky cypress paneling and has its own kitchen and family room.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
6 Mar. 2025
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Guests will also be treated to Michelle Williams’s iconic saffron Vera Wang gown from the 2006 Oscars, which has been reimagined as a delicate biscuit adorned with lemon vanilla royal icing, evoking the gown’s flowing silhouette.—
Caroline Tell,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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The model attended Aaron Esh’s dinner event at London's The House of KOKO on Sunday, Feb. 23, clad in a look that left little to the imagination.—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
25 Feb. 2025
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The gunman, clad in a red-and-black sweatshirt, dark-colored pants and black sneakers, ran off from the scene on White Plains Road near Pelham Parkway South, leaving behind two shell casings, police said.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
24 Feb. 2025
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The spacious rooms are tastefully decorated, in soothing neutral colors.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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Those with the adjustable heads are naked, but the two smaller figures are decorated with hair and earspools in the lobes of their ears, researchers said.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2025
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Seated along the sidewalk outside Cafe Tropical, the singer, dressed in dark-wash denim and kitten heels, orders a Diet Coke and a trio of the Cuban cafe’s signature pastelitos.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2025
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In the studio, Prieto, dressed in a white guayabera and jeans, surveyed the image.—
Stephania Taladrid,
The New Yorker,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Bedeck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedeck. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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