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Examples of gold leaf in a Sentence
a frame covered with gold leaf
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For the event, held on Thursday, Feb. 13, Kaling, 45, wore a form-fitting gold gown with sequins and embellishments, with gold leaf appliqués at the gown's sheath skirt.
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Justine Fisher, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
There’s a winter smoking room, the Moorish fantasy Arab room decorated in $11 million of gold leaf, and a clock tower designed to be a lavish bachelor pad.
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Jamie Carter, Travel + Leisure, 20 Jan. 2025
But the Burj standout is its distinctive – and divisive – decor: gold leaf over lush blues, reds, and purples, festooned with Swarovski crystals and more than 30 different types of Statuario marble.
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Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 2 Dec. 2024
Metro Phoenix restaurants have created options from over-the-top menus of caviar, oysters and wagyu beef topped with gold leaf to more down-to-earth a la carte options.
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Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 26 Dec. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1741, in the meaning defined above
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“Gold leaf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gold%20leaf. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
gold leaf
noun
: a very thin sheet of gold used especially for gilding
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