as in decorated
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming
gone are the days when the high school prom was held in the gym, which had been gussied up for the occasion
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Outside, below the gold script Donohue’s sign, there is a small glass box window that looks onto the street and is lavishly decorated for nearly every federal holiday.—
Marisa Meltzer,
Vanity Fair,
14 May 2026 -
The place was brightly lit and sparingly decorated, with clusters of books that made no sense.—
Francesco Pacifico,
The Dial,
12 May 2026
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According to Vogue, the bride wore a custom Oscar de la Renta gown adorned with tiny Japanese cherry blossoms scattered throughout the dress and neckline.—
Danielle Minnetian , Larry Fink,
FOXNews.com,
25 May 2026
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Former service members donning white gloves carried small pine boxes from the New York State Museum in Albany and gently loaded them onto vintage military vehicles adorned with black funeral bunting and American flags for a solemn 60-mile procession north to Lake George, New York.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
25 May 2026
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No one wanted to stand behind the commanding warriors, draped in blankets and furs, brass hoops in their earlobes, medals and wampum on their strong chests, silver armbands glinting in the light.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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He is said to have draped the shrine in striped red wool.—
Iqbal Akhtar,
The Conversation,
25 May 2026
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“Gussied up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gussied%20up. Accessed 27 May. 2026.
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