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as in to varnish
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as in to paint
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Recent Examples of gild
The vehicles’ interiors were gilded, with two bars, a television screen, and the requisite Trump branding throughout.
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Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 16 Jan. 2025
The helmet was made of bronze and then gilded in gold and adorned with dark red gemstones called garnets, ROMU said.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
Britain’s 10-year gilt yields were little changed on Friday morning.
—Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025
Today, Florentine gilded wood is still desirable, particularly among designers.
—Heather Bien, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2025
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Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 16 Jan. 2025
The helmet was made of bronze and then gilded in gold and adorned with dark red gemstones called garnets, ROMU said.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
Britain’s 10-year gilt yields were little changed on Friday morning.
—Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025
Today, Florentine gilded wood is still desirable, particularly among designers.
—Heather Bien, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gild
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Both works underwent conservation at Harvard, with conservators Ellen Davis and Kate Smith noting that Two Human Beings had at one point been varnished, in a move inconsistent with Munch’s practice, and that Train Smoke had accumulated atmospheric grime and was in need of paint stabilization.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
6 Feb. 2025
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Red and brown cliffs, varnished by thousands of years of high-desert weather, towered on either side of me.—
Derek M. Norman,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Jan. 2025
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In addition, fans are excited to pick up official miniatures to paint and portray desperate battles between humans and Xenomorphs on the table top.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Include a beginner's guide to painting to encourage new techniques.—
Jené Luciani Sena,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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The abrupt and unusual restoration comes after critics, historians, and concerned citizens accused the agency of whitewashing not just African-American history, but American history as a whole.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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In the novel, Brontë implies that Heathcliff is nonwhite, and fans have described Elordi's casting as whitewashing.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Mar. 2025
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Both styles feature the soft salmon hue and black square intarsia drawn directly from the album cover, with a finishing touch of Bon Iver’s signature embroidered at the hem of the sweater.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2025
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The naming even extended to beach and pool towels that my mom would embroider with labels like Sandy Feet, Zinnias, or Golden Hour to help everyone differentiate their towel.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
22 Mar. 2025
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Air Traffic Control had cleared both planes, despite the airport being wreathed in fog.—
Julia Buckley,
CNN,
16 Mar. 2023
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The deal itself was wreathed in controversy.—
Rory Smith,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2023
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Most of those minerals are currently buried beneath thick sheets of previously impenetrable ice.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
10 Apr. 2025
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Two to three weeks after burying the branch, check for new roots.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Apr. 2025
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Lenses can also suffer from a malaise known as chromatic aberration, in which different wavelengths of light are refracted to slightly different degrees so that different colors come to focus at different points, resulting in color fringing around objects.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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Her eyewear was usually cushioned by her coiffed blonde hair; her beauty aesthetic built intentionally around ‘notes on bangs’: From side-swept to feathery wisps, thick curtains, and a pixie fringed trim.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
1 Feb. 2025
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The oil will smother active and recently settled crawlers.—
Tim Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
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Moving in too soon can smother the spark that initially brought you together.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Gild.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gild. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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