as in to throw (on)
to place on one's person
she donned her best gown for the ball
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Recent Examples of don
Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
Prior to the wedding, the bridal party wore black robes cut with white lace, while Hunt donned a matching robe in white, with black lace.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The theft takes Louie and Nick to Palermo, where Franco Nero appears briefly as the Mafia don who owns the manuscript.
—Caryn James, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
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The coalition was also urging people to don something blue and post a photo on Sunday as a means of raising awareness.
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Men are expected to wear white ties and tailcoats, while women don designer gowns and jewels.
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The accuser reported the assault during a doctor's appointment in December, according to court documents.—
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At first, doctors sent them home from the hospital with instructions to monitor her symptoms.—
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Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, disputed the results, claiming they were rigged.—
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Later that night, Pine visits the weapons site with his former hotel colleague and members of the Muslim Brotherhood, who rig the cargo trucks with cell-phone detonating explosives.—
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Electrification — or gas heaters, stoves and other appliances moving to electric ones — is also a factor, said Ramteen Sioshansi, a professor of engineering at Carnegie Mellon University who studies the electricity industry.—
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In 1993, the professor chose one design for Fitch to create for a loungewear category in her final runway show.—
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Others put on alert by Israel’s recognition are China and Turkey.—
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His aunt, Jamileh, was a reformist Member of Parliament who was put on trial for attending a conference in Berlin and banned from running for a second term.—
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From practical to fascinating OLLI instructors are volunteers, including many UNT faculty members who take time to lead classes.—
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Devanshu Mehrotra, lead instructor of data science and data analytics at General Assembly, tells Fortune that these figures represent an expectation gap between employers and their workforce.—
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His butler opened the door and, seeing the Beretta in the young man’s gloved hand, led the visitor to the bathroom where Sieff was dressing.—
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With prices starting as low as $8, the retailer is packed with markdowns on cozy sweaters, travel-ready pants, and matching sets that make getting dressed—and staying comfortable—effortless.—
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In these and other cases, districts concluded the incidents did not amount to antisemitism or discrimination — rulings the state disagreed with, saying educators had not complied with state requirements and had violated anti-discrimination law.—
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The high risk of injury or death has spawned activism from teachers and students, as well as the uptick of educators quitting the profession.—
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The show’s original pair of fathers, who secretly trick their children into falling in love by pretending to be in a feud, will instead be mothers.—
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Fake pop-ups and lookalike websites are designed to trick people into typing usernames and passwords by hand.—
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“Don.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/don. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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