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garland

[gahr-luhnd] / ˈgɑr lənd /
NOUN
strand of material, usually hung
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“If you had a tree or some garland with 1,000 lights, it might have 800. Things will just get watered down, and so you will be paying the same, if not more, for less.”

From MarketWatch Jan. 8, 2026

This year, for the first time, Pons is also trying to create a more festive atmosphere inside the store with holiday decorations, such as a garland at the checkout desk.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 6, 2025

When fall rolls around, they loop a simple garland of leaves around the bar—nothing fancy, just a whisper of the season.

From Salon Nov. 25, 2025

The image featured a smiling couple in formal attire under a clip art–style garland holding various baby-themed items, along with an email and phone number where I could reach them.

From Slate Jul. 16, 2025

His pitiless and hate-filled eyes locked with mine as he threw the daisy garland to the floor and crushed it with his foot.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

"Decorative lighting, garlands are not a priority," Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said in early December, instructing citizens to reduce unnecessary consumption.

From Barron's Dec. 23, 2025

The 50p decorations started what became a two-month endeavour, looking for retro baubles, garlands, and anything she could find to recreate those special years growing up in the '90s.

From BBC Dec. 20, 2025

And the extras that people load up on when they are feeling flush, such as wreaths and garlands and baskets, haven’t been selling well at all.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 19, 2025

Avery Colvert, who founded Altadena Girls in January as a 14-year-old, hung garlands and decorations around the 12,000-square-foot complex, beaming that what she’d built was at last open to the world.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 11, 2025

In the morning Hari’s body was wrapped in a cloth and covered with garlands of marigolds.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan

The Hangar, where all five candidates would speak, was garlanded with flags.

From Slate Jul. 30, 2024

He was garlanded with praise from the prime minister down for what was seen as a brave act of statesmanship.

From BBC Mar. 29, 2024

They have the pulpy verve of Harlem’s crime fiction godfather, Chester Himes, combined with the literary heft of Whitehead’s more garlanded novels.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 12, 2023

As mourners sat beside garlanded photo frames of Yash and Raj on Tuesday, Raydhan Bhai pointed to Yash’s pet dog.

From Seattle Times Nov. 1, 2022

Before the party had started a great log had been dragged into the center of the lawn and Jack, painted and garlanded, sat there like an idol.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

The village headman summoned her and said that by garlanding Nehru, she had become his bride.

From BBC Dec. 13, 2023

They hung a poster for Ms. Leiker amid the photos and flowers garlanding a security fence outside the shuttered King Soopers.

From New York Times Apr. 9, 2021

And in 105- degree heat, hundreds of well-wishers leaned out from balconies, snapped photos and pushed forward to greet him, garlanding him with marigolds, pelting him with flower petals and offering sweets.

From Washington Post May 27, 2015

Photograph: Allstar/Universal Pictures; David James; Allstar After indulging Europe by garlanding The Artist last year and The King's Speech in 2011, the Oscars seem set to come home.

From The Guardian Feb. 21, 2013

On another wall was a framed photograph of Comrade Pillai garlanding Comrade E. M. S. Namboodiripad.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy




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