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: covered or tinged with gold or a golden color
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The reception room, just off the entryway, features colorful wall and ceiling decorations and a gilded overmantel mirror and matching cornices.—
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: having a background of wealth and luxury : prosperous, luxurious
Emily Post was raised among New York's gilded elite.—Susan Berfield
Susan Berfield… despite the upper-crust background and the gilded résumé, Bonham Carter is a pretty modern chick off stage.—Elizabeth Gleick
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In November, however, the 15 Central Park West apartment, done in the same over-the-top gilded fashion, went into contract, according to the Post.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 27 May 2025
But in November 2023, the gilded walls of Combs' music kingdom came crashing down.
—Jay Stahl, USA Today, 23 May 2025
Read Next World 1,200-year-old gilded cross found by metal detectorist in UK field.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 19 May 2025
At a formal signing ceremony in a gilded ballroom at the Saudi capital’s Royal Court on Tuesday, Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman signed memoranda of understanding, letters of intent and other executive agreements spanning different government agencies.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 16 May 2025
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Kim Velsey, Curbed, 27 May 2025
But in November 2023, the gilded walls of Combs' music kingdom came crashing down.
—Jay Stahl, USA Today, 23 May 2025
Read Next World 1,200-year-old gilded cross found by metal detectorist in UK field.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 19 May 2025
At a formal signing ceremony in a gilded ballroom at the Saudi capital’s Royal Court on Tuesday, Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman signed memoranda of understanding, letters of intent and other executive agreements spanning different government agencies.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 16 May 2025
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“Gilded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gilded. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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