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Trump then announced that Williams would receive the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military decoration.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

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

Down the steps stands an oversize candle—what otherwise would have been a cheerful decoration now an earnest memorial.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

A study published in the Journal of World Prehistory suggests that some of the earliest known images of plants created by humans served a deeper purpose than decoration.

From Science Daily • Dec. 16, 2025

It was another circular structure wrought in glowing white stone, but the treasury had no windows, no whimsical decoration or dragon’s scales.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo