as in to throw (on)
to place on one's person
she donned her best gown for the ball
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as in doctor
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Recent Examples of don
Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
Staley doesn’t know what people will see her don next.
—Kristie Rieken, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Turns out, her 26-year-old daughter, Paige, is also a fan, donning the piece in its classic dress form.
—Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Yet so far two major law firms, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP and Paul Weiss have given in to short term greed and paid off the don who lives in the White House and uses our government to extort money solely to enrich and aggrandize himself.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
Staley doesn’t know what people will see her don next.
—Kristie Rieken, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
But in response to the tragedy at Annunciation Catholic School that morning, the men donning kilts showed up in much larger numbers than the usual seven or eight that stand watch during most school masses.
—Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Turns out, her 26-year-old daughter, Paige, is also a fan, donning the piece in its classic dress form.
—Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for don
Noun
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This includes reducing the documentation burden for doctors and cutting different types of paperwork that nurses have to do.—
Lauren Giella,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Abnormal liver function tests, otherwise known as LFTs, can prompt your doctor to check your liver more carefully.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In that job and the recent repair effort, workers rigged steel cables and pulleys into nearby trees to lift the 10,000-pound bridge, Doran said.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
19 Sep. 2025
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Democrats tell them the dream is rigged.—
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FOXNews.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Mike Fontaine, a professor of classics at Cornell University, notes that there is a long history of comedians being silenced for speaking truth to power.—
Toni Fitzgerald,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Ted was ushered into a new era of his life after his friends encouraged him to quit being an architect and accept the offer to be a professor at Columbia University.—
Francesca Gariano,
PEOPLE,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Russia put on a display of firepower as part of its major military exercises in Belarus on Monday, with neighboring NATO nations on alert amid some of the highest tensions in Europe since Moscow began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.—
Patrick Reevell,
ABC News,
15 Sep. 2025
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Employees across the country are being disciplined, put on leave or fired for comments made following Kirk's death.—
Marissa Meador,
IndyStar,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The instructor reminds the class to be a buddy not a bully and everyone hears your dad snort.—
Matthew Shen Goodman,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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That same year, Baker also served as an instructor at a computer training event in Budenheim, Germany, attended by over 120 active computer investigators representing 66 countries.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The company's founders, dressed in uniform-like blue jackets and khaki pants, rang the bell at the National Stock Exchange to start the trading day.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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The numerous burgers include the Grind, which comes dressed with lettuce, tomato, red onions, choice of cheese or build your own; the B&B is made with Brie cheese, bacon, smoked habanero jam; and the Southern is made with sharp cheddar pimento cheese, bacon and spicy dill pickles.—
Gege Reed,
Louisville Courier Journal,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In Kansas, the state board of education commissioned a task force -- consisting of parents, educators and students -- on student screen time, which found that its schools should limit cellphone use, with some school going with a bell-to-bell ban.—
Arthur Jones II,
ABC News,
15 Sep. 2025
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Other educators who spoke to the Herald describe parents cutting back on extracurricular activities, avoiding school pick-up and drop-off lines, and even keeping children home to study informally.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Still, Genians suspects the Kimsuky group was able to develop a workaround, also known as jailbreak, to trick ChatGPT into creating the IDs.—
Senior Reporter,
PC Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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But in reality, deepfakes are getting better and the threat industry has many years of experience in honing lures to trick people, playing on emotions and overcoming natural suspicions and objections.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Don.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/don. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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