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adorn

[uh-dawrn] / əˈdɔrn /


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Awards for outstanding cuisine adorn Rozafa's shelves and pictures of famous diners, including Priscilla Presley and Boris Johnson, line its walls.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

For example Queen Anne, a style, can adorn a worker’s cottage, a type.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

It will adorn luxury hotels and residences across the Middle East, Europe and the United States, where the Vietnam-based Jonathan Charles furniture company has largely shrugged off US President Donald Trump's tariffs.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

Christmas decorations adorn most storefront bakeries, which stand as community anchors throughout Mexico City.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025

Every year on the first day of May, people come from all over town to adorn me with scraps of paper, tags, bits of fabric, snippets of yarn, and the occasional gym sock.

From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate




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