decorative

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Initially intriguing, the jumbled chronology eventually proves to be largely decorative until a disappointing late-reel twist explains why the labored device was deployed in the first place.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Meanwhile, I inherited a mortgage, along with several guns, broken exercise equipment, cabinets full of expired pills and 34 decorative fish.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

It also cancelled decorative light displays on government buildings on Eid and those scheduled for Independence Day celebrations on March 26 and asked shopping malls to do the same.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

Among Ms. Weber’s discoveries are decorative post-life ornaments and part of the Ramesses burial box.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

In a move that caught everyone’s attention, she cut the woolly lining out of her men’s boots and sewed it onto her coat to make a decorative collar.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein