APPLIQUÉD Synonyms: 86 Similar and Opposite Words

appliquéd

verb

past tense of appliqué

as in embroidered

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Among the most memorable ensembles were a black gown with a skeletal rib cage embroidered across the torso and a floral cape paired with a cathedral-like headdress, injecting funerary imagery into Michele’s signature maximalism.

— Livia Caligor, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026
Related Articles Jenner joined her daughter in an equally dramatic look, sporting a black and white velvet hooded cape with two scorpions embroidered across the chest.

— Erin Wisti, Footwear News, 25 Oct. 2026

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Present-day designer Philippe Starck is credited with the modern update of the hotel’s aesthetic and his daughter Ara painted a large ceiling tapestry for the restaurant.

— Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026
An Airbus plane painted in Spirit Airlines' livery sits at an AerSale's facility in Goodyear, Arizona.

— Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026

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The tiny Norwegian archipelago, 68 degrees north of the Arctic Circle and two flights from Oslo, is a distinctive and dramatic landscape with spiky mountains rising from the Norwegian Sea and sandy beaches fringed by fjords.

— Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2026
In flight, hunting mode takes over, and piercing yellow eyes, fringed with blue circles, scour the sea for prey.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2026

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His creator, an unnamed basket-weaver (Peter Dinklage), braided him as a mate for a lonely virgin, a fisherwoman (Olivia Colman) who stomps around her rustic village smelling like sushi and tossing her head back in an Eliza Doolittle guffaw.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Many had long, black hair braided with beads and strung with bright parrot feathers.

— Daniel Barnum, Longreads, 15 Oct. 2026

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