decoration

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They’re an everyday kitchen staple, a decoration drying outside homes, and a tool to ward off bad spirits and illness.

From Salon • Jan. 15, 2026

Instead, the authors suggest the emphasis on flowers may relate to their association with positive emotional responses, making them especially appealing subjects for decoration.

From Science Daily • Dec. 16, 2025

How you decorate the tree itself is also a matter of personal preference - some put on every decoration they can find, whereas for others it's a more refined exercise.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2025

And more than half of that canopy exists only as decoration at school entrances, in parking lots and along campus perimeters.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2025

So in this clumsy way, my mother found out that Wu Tsing had taken his fourth concubine, who was actually just an afterthought, a foolish bit of decoration for his new motorcar.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan