as in to throw (on)
to place on one's person
she donned her best gown for the ball
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Recent Examples of don
Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
The former donned a velvet gown, while the latter wore a tiered gown with black at the top and silver at the bottom.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 6 Dec. 2024
Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2024
Derulo’s Instagram followers have also seen the singer don matching outfits with his son.
—Courtney Young, Peoplemag, 27 June 2024
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Verb
John and Garvey donned Dodger blue together from 1972 to 1978.
—Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
The former donned a velvet gown, while the latter wore a tiered gown with black at the top and silver at the bottom.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 6 Dec. 2024
Noun
Apparently mafia dons loved nothing more than an evening in a private box, dabbing their eyes through Madama Butterfly.
—Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2024
Derulo’s Instagram followers have also seen the singer don matching outfits with his son.
—Courtney Young, Peoplemag, 27 June 2024
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Lula underwent surgery for an intracranial hemorrhage after the 79-year-old leader complained of headaches that doctors believed to be the result of a fall in a bathroom at his home in October.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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My mother was in a coma and doctors were giving her a 20 percent chance to make it.Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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Dominion Voting Systems is suing OAN, its owner Robert Herring Sr., his son Charles Herring, and journalists Chanel Rion and Christina Bobb for promoting the conspiracy theory that Dominion's machines were used to rig the 2020 election in favor of Joe Biden.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Unfortunately, things go from too quiet (nobody home) to extremely loud and incredibly close (the place was rigged with a bomb).Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
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Reach Bryant Stamford, a professor of kinesiology and integrative physiology at Hanover College, at stamford@hanover.edu.Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 19 Dec. 2024
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These public health efforts to curb overdose deaths are working, said Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, a Johns Hopkins University public health professor.Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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While certain essential government functions would continue, federal employees would be put on unpaid furlough and the shutdown could affect other Americans by impacting the Social Security Administration and federal food assistance programs like SNAP.Aila Slisco, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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In the case of a government shutdown, those workers are put on leave because there isn't money budgeted for their job.Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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When done correctly, the result should increasingly feel like working 1-1 with an instructor, but without the inconvenience of conforming to the instructor's schedule or competing for time and attention with other students.Ray Ravaglia, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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Amy Morin is a psychotherapist, clinical social worker and instructor at Northeastern University.Amy Morin, Contributor, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
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Meghan Markle will dress on theme to celebrate her friends!Charna Flam, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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Bynes dressed casually in a grey sweatshirt, black leggings, and white loafers.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Institutions and educators are realizing the necessity of incorporating these novel technologies to improve learning and multidisciplinary cooperation.Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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Mary McLeod Bethune, (a civil rights activist and educator) and (first lady) Eleanor Roosevelt started discussions to get Black women to serve overseas.La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 13 Dec. 2024
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This is critical, as 2G networks are far less secure than 3G and especially LTE and 5G. Simple network attack devices, which trick phones into jumping from real networks to local, fraudulent ones, try to make a 2G connection with lower encryption levels.Zak Doffman, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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To trick the German forces into believing that a much larger American force was stationed in various locations, diverting attention away from the real operations and damaging enemy morale.Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Don.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/don. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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