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noun

Definition of garland

as in compilation

a collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music a garland of medieval folk songs

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In The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Hogsmeade village will be decorated with lights, garlands and wreaths, while the Frog Choir performs holiday music several times a day, according to the park. — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026 Floral garlands, vases, faux windows, buckets, and even a trompe-l’oeil lion skin evoke an atmosphere quite far removed from the typical imagery found in houses in this part of Italy. — Elena Dallorso, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2026

Verb

Attach to the mantle, tree, or garland with the tails of the string. — Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 2025 Stoppard was often hailed as the greatest British playwright of his generation and was garlanded with honors, including a shelf full of theater gongs. — CBS News, 29 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for garland

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Beirut City Pop, the latest compilation by archival label Habibi Funk, tells the story of the artists who dared to imagine a life beyond war.

— Shy Clara Thompson, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026
After three years working together to assemble the compilation, Ulyssa released My Skyscraper in June 2026.

— Jack Denton, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026

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Four years ago, crowds filled the central square of this southern port city, draped in Ukrainian flags and hugging the troops who had ended months of Russian occupation.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026
Because draped across his arm, creased and wet from the storm, and waiting to be worn, was Elsie’s navy blue raincoat.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026

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Across the United States, temperatures will be mostly mild, with a colder stretch from central New England through the Appalachians and the Ohio Valley, as well as in Hawaii, the almanac said in a story on its website.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026
Residents of the Idaho Panhandle and along the Canadian border could lose closer to 100 minutes of sunlight, the almanac said.

— Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 22 Sep. 2026

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By stringing multiple kill dates of moss samples taken from different spots, scientists reconstructed a map of an advancing ice margin.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 24 Oct. 2026
At 12, Sophie was the youngest contestant in the North Carolina State Fair’s annual tobacco stringing contest, which pays homage to a way of life that was already largely past when her parents were kids.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026

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Film Lab Africa, the British Council’s film and TV accelerator programme in Nigeria, hosted a preview screening of TABOO, a new seven-part Nigerian anthology series, during the London Film Festival.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2026
Along with being a longtime fan of Stine, Van Houdt had previously worked at SyFy, where he was introduced to Front Street Pictures, the production company behind the 2010 anthology series The Haunting Hour.

— Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 18 Oct. 2026

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Many symptoms can be tough to pin specifically to MS, Kurz pointed out — for instance cognitive dysfunction and fatigue are common in a lot of autoimmune conditions.

— Erica Sloan, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2026
There are so many over-the-top displays across the borough that locals formed a group called Staten Island Haunted Houses to pin them on a custom Google map.

— Fiorella Valdesolo, Curbed, 21 Oct. 2026

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