as in clad
to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes
firefighters garbed in protective gear
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Verb
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That’s good, but cladding a phone whose raison d’etre is gorgeous, slim design seems less than ideal.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025 -
The grain of custom oak millwork is placed in contrasting directions on the kitchen cabinetry and the oversized panels cladding the breakfast nook wall around the custom sensuous banquette that is fabricated by Seventeen Second Design.—
Jessica Ritz,
Architectural Digest,
26 Mar. 2025
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Many were clad in stylish sneakers and sported neat braids.—
María Magdalena Arréllaga,
New York Times,
31 Dec. 2024
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While Swank rocked a red sweater with white cuffs, one of her 1-year-old twins stole the show, diaper-clad and completely mesmerized by the ornaments.—
George Monastiriakos,
Newsweek,
30 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Angry over mask mandates, some parents sent vitriolic emails and made veiled threats.—
Frank Langfitt,
NPR,
11 July 2025
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And yes, of course there’s a veiled threat in his message: Loss of federal funding, which makes up a major portion of state and local highway budgets — though little of it is spent at the kinds of local-street intersections Duffy is so upset by.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 July 2025
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“Garbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garbed. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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