as in dresses
to place on one's person
she donned her best gown for the ball
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Recent Examples of dons
Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
The inflated silhouette is a Luar signature, one that Lopez often dons on regular days running errands around town.
—Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
During our conversation, Taylor dons a Perfidia Beverly Hills sweater adorned with a gold Schiaparelli chain, cuffs, and ring.
—Essence, 18 Sep. 2025
In it, Super Bowl-winning quarterback Eli Manning goes undercover in heavy prosthetics and a wig and dons the alias Chad Powers to try out as a walk-on quarterback for Penn State football.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2025
Ellen returns to Beltane and dons her May Queen attire and performs her duties alongside Malcolm at the fire ceremony.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
The pair have taken this conceit and reworked it to be about a football player who, after blowing his college career, dons a whole new disguise, that of Chad Powers, and tries to win it all back.
—Lucy Ford, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
Hathaway, whose character Andy is presumably out from under the thumb of Runway magazine overlord Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep), dons a glittery blue, shin-length Rabanne dress from the designer's 2026 cruise collection.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
Emily dons a blue top with white polka dots, shorts and flats while carrying a butterfly Peter Nitz backpack — a look that was Collins’ idea.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 11 Aug. 2025
Noun
Also at the premiere of Black Rabbit, Iris Law dons leather on leather while on the carpet.
—Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
The inflated silhouette is a Luar signature, one that Lopez often dons on regular days running errands around town.
—Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
During our conversation, Taylor dons a Perfidia Beverly Hills sweater adorned with a gold Schiaparelli chain, cuffs, and ring.
—Essence, 18 Sep. 2025
In it, Super Bowl-winning quarterback Eli Manning goes undercover in heavy prosthetics and a wig and dons the alias Chad Powers to try out as a walk-on quarterback for Penn State football.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2025
Ellen returns to Beltane and dons her May Queen attire and performs her duties alongside Malcolm at the fire ceremony.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
The pair have taken this conceit and reworked it to be about a football player who, after blowing his college career, dons a whole new disguise, that of Chad Powers, and tries to win it all back.
—Lucy Ford, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
Hathaway, whose character Andy is presumably out from under the thumb of Runway magazine overlord Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep), dons a glittery blue, shin-length Rabanne dress from the designer's 2026 cruise collection.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
Emily dons a blue top with white polka dots, shorts and flats while carrying a butterfly Peter Nitz backpack — a look that was Collins’ idea.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dons
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Varda dresses her up as Joan of Arc, Caravaggio’s Bacchus, the Virgin Mary, a cowboy, and a flamenco dancer, as if to suggest that Birkin’s mystery is itself a symbol, one as important to modern culture as Renaissance painting and the mother of Christ.—
Anahid Nersessian,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Rooker unsurprisingly embraces the lunacy of his character, who dresses in Native American drag and tastes bird poop to track his prey.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
15 Aug. 2025
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Personal curriculums attempt to recreate the structure of academia — without professors or classmates.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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The 418-page document took 18 months to complete and was unveiled by co-chairs Anne Burke and Karen Goodnough, both professors at Memorial University's Faculty of Education, alongside Education Minister Bernard Davis.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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But what doctors have recently uncovered is that dropping estrogen levels around this period might also spell trouble for women’s brain health.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
15 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Advertisement Now, in The Pitt, his character is mentoring other young doctors—so much so that the estate of ER creator Michael Crichton has called The Pitt an ER-spinoff.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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The university’s central office and the deans’ offices are working to eliminate administration positions, officials added.—
Kate Armanini,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Aug. 2025
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An ‘encore career’ A lack of skilled instructors means schools can’t train the next generation of electricians, HVAC technicians, welders and other professionals.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
19 Sep. 2025
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Fitness classes here, which encompass a range of styles and activity levels, are taught by both certified instructors and volunteer residents.—
Liz Ohanesian,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The social media team of ten includes Bell, other staffers at Portola’s producer Goldenvoice (which also puts on Coachella) and a team from the marketing and creative agency Benchmob.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
19 Sep. 2025
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While calls outnumber puts on an absolute basis, the rate of put buying has picked up lately.—
Schaeffer's Investment Research,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Getting a smart little minicomputer in your ear at HearingLife Hearing Aid Center starts with an online hearing test, then fitting you with a device that suits your life.—
Shawn Price,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
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Buttler had rediscovered his zing in recent innings, while Salt’s brutal approach suits the shorter white-ball format.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Similarly, city employees—from firefighters to schoolteachers—could lose eligibility if their municipality adopts immigration policies at odds with federal priorities.—
Leadership Brainery,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Santor, the son of schoolteachers, grew up on a farm outside Ontario.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Dons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dons. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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