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decal

[dee-kal, dih-kal] / ˈdi kæl, dɪˈkæl /


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Users have pointed out that the American flag decal on the phone’s case does not display the flag properly, showing 11 stripes instead of 13 to represent the Thirteen Colonies.

From Salon ● May 21, 2026

When Bronner pulled up to company headquarters in his Tesla—a dragon decal along the side and a speckled mutt in the back seat—he was 30 minutes late.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

To advertise her business, she affixed a decal and phone number to her white 1984 Pontiac Fiero, a sporty two-seater with retractable headlights.

From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026

As of Aug. 14, more than half a million motorists statewide had an active decal on their vehicle to access carpool lanes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2025

Finally, she removed a plastic model of an F-8 Crusader, paused to fix a misplaced decal with a small application of spit, then set it down in a window ledge.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

Stickers and car decals featuring Wang Wang and her puppies have also been put up for sale on China's largest e-commerce platform Taobao.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Searching the phrase on Etsy today yields thousands of products bearing the phrase, from T-shirts to window decals to letter-bead bracelets.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026

Sponsors might get branding at the bar, in mirror decals that show up in attendees’ photos or on QR codes on tables.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026

“Californians are committed to lowering their carbon footprint and these decals helped drivers be good stewards of our highways and environment,” said Steve Gordon, director of the California DMV, in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2025

He’d had it for so long that all the decals had been rubbed away, it was just a red torso and yellow limbs.

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green

He retreats to his souped-up, eye-catching blue trophy truck with “Philly’s Own Reinvention Club” decaled on the side, and a stab of jealousy twists Sabrina’s guts.

From Slate ● Jan. 29, 2022

The big trailers were rumbling in, towing the decaled racecars — the ones that resemble giant wedges, speeding doorstops.

From New York Times ● Oct. 23, 2019

The agency said it has been unable to determine a correlation between decaled vehicles and lethargic diamond lanes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2018

Bezzina’s van, a boxy 12-seat Ford, would look at home in a church parking lot if not for the knobby antennas on top and the route decaled in yellow across its doors: “Connecting the Future.”

From Washington Times ● May 31, 2014

Helmeted, buckled up and clad in a fireproof jumpsuit, he averages about 150 m.p.h. in his 670-horsepower gold-on-black Pontiac and is usually hotly pursued by a roaring pack of heavily decaled Chevys, Fords and Chryslers.

From Time Magazine Archive


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