as in to adorn
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming
for Valentine's Day the dance hall was festooned with a riot of red hearts and bow-wielding cupids
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The clip features Aldean performing in front of a courthouse festooned with an American flag; the performance footage is interspersed with images of burning flags and protesters clashing with police and robbing a convenience store.
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 21 Jan. 2025
Another parent, Dana Schechtman, told me that every day at pickup his two-year-old daughter insists on walking up to a bulletin board festooned with pictures of Weekday teachers.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2025
Carollo’s got more ideas — soccer fields, pickleball courts, beaches festooned with University of Miami and FIU logos.
—Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
The Paseo At Loewe’s spring/summer 2023 collection, bags festooned with blooms of glossy anthurium flowers walked the runways.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2025
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 21 Jan. 2025
Another parent, Dana Schechtman, told me that every day at pickup his two-year-old daughter insists on walking up to a bulletin board festooned with pictures of Weekday teachers.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2025
Carollo’s got more ideas — soccer fields, pickleball courts, beaches festooned with University of Miami and FIU logos.
—Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
The Paseo At Loewe’s spring/summer 2023 collection, bags festooned with blooms of glossy anthurium flowers walked the runways.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Festoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/festoon. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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