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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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From the gilded cash registers adorned with golden nifflers to the giant-friendly floo-powder fireplace in the queue for Harry Potter and the Battle at the Ministry, every detail is impeccable.
—Samantha Neely, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2025
Visitors can walk down a Titanic hallway, snap pictures next to a gilded statue, and sit in a simulated lifeboat while watching the ship sink.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 3 Apr. 2025
Now on the market for a speck under $6 million with Coldwell Banker Warburg brokers Andrea Wernick, Arlene Reed, and Rebecca Blacker, this grand duplex is a chapter straight out of New York’s gilded past.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2025
The lobby dazzles with gilded mosaics and Italian marble.
—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 3 Apr. 2025
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Samantha Neely, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2025
Visitors can walk down a Titanic hallway, snap pictures next to a gilded statue, and sit in a simulated lifeboat while watching the ship sink.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 3 Apr. 2025
Now on the market for a speck under $6 million with Coldwell Banker Warburg brokers Andrea Wernick, Arlene Reed, and Rebecca Blacker, this grand duplex is a chapter straight out of New York’s gilded past.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2025
The lobby dazzles with gilded mosaics and Italian marble.
—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 3 Apr. 2025
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“Gilded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gilded. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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