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adornment

[uh-dawrn-muhnt] / əˈdɔrn mənt /




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Tashma, owner of glitter and body art stand Litty Glitty, said that festival adornment was "not just putting on glitter".

From BBC Aug. 31, 2026

This was around the time that anti-feminine feminism faded into Third Wave reassessments of girly adornment.

From Salon Feb. 19, 2026

Canaanland is named for the promised land; its Faith Tabernacle can, and often does, hold 50,000 people in a building that resembles an aircraft hangar, its “almost sterile interior” suggesting that “hope is adornment enough.”

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 19, 2025

And then with the hair adornment, you have the alligator, you have honey bees.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 14, 2024

The only adornment was a bit of lace at the neck and jet buttons down the front.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry




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