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noun

plural of garland

as in compilations

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

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verb

present tense third-person singular of garland

as in strings

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The setting was a dining room decked out in oversized circus masks, bunting, garlands, and colorful lights, Ideal Home reported. — Sarah Glodek, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026 Spooky season is in full swing and the while the pumpkins are carved, the ghost garlands are hung, and Halloween candy is lining up on store shelves. — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2026 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 Those garlands of noise suggest that this show will be geared more toward communal arena rock than introspective bedroom pop. — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026 Colorful pompom garlands hang from the ceiling, and music plays in both English and Spanish. — Celia Frazier, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2026 The industrial space is chock-full of eight-foot bolts of rushes (the flexible lengths of plants woven into baskets), harvested just once annually in Somerset, and garlands using offcuts of the material lining the windows. — Clare Coulson, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026 The small stick figures, wrapped in orange cloth, were rubbed in paste and covered in garlands of orange flowers. — Andrew Jones, NBC news, 3 Sep. 2026

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His praise reached Secretly Group’s director of A&R, Eric Deines, who co-runs a smaller label of his own, Ulyssa, previously most notable for its compilations of songs with almost no listens on streaming services called <1000.

— Jack Denton, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
The organization has release 21 compilations and raised over $10 million since; its subsequent television special on ABC became one of the first major AIDS benefits in the music business.

— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of compilations

Verb

Antinous attempts to shrug off the token’s return, but seemingly recognizes it, and realizes in full that Odysseus has returned for revenge when the man strings his bow.

— Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026
From Key Largo to Key West, the Overseas Highway strings the islands together like beads, running past lighthouses, underwater coral reef parks, and across the postcard-worthy Seven Mile Bridge.

— Sarah Rose, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2026

Definition of strings

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Sporting a Black/Off Noir colorway, the Air Jordan 16 Retro SP Black Pack drapes Michael Jordan’s sixteenth signature sneaker in a stealthy triple-black colorway.

— Riley Jones, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026
Throughout most of the play, Tony-winning costume designer Qween Jean drapes the girls in the school’s green, orange and gold-toned uniforms.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026

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The Babysitter not only marks the fourth film in an ongoing partnership between the streamer and the prolific children’s horror author, but also the first not based on a short from Stine’s Nightmare Hour or Haunting Hour anthologies.

— Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2026
That said, there’s something about being held captive inside another person’s questionable taste that can really work for certain horror anthologies, and the director at least comes off wonderfully playful here.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2026

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