as in clothing
to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes
the days when people, costumed in their Sunday best, would parade along the grand avenue on Easter
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Recent Examples of costuming
The trickle-down effect helped secure key plot-specific pieces of costuming, but also will set the groundwork for Season 2 and beyond.
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Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 9 Dec. 2025
Is it driven by digital costuming for virtual reality, greater demand for sustainability, or something else entirely?
—Robert Lang, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2025
An intimate, spine-tingling evening of creative conversations on horror, sound, prosthetics, and spectacle featuring Danny Elfman, Akela Cooper and Janelle’s costuming team Sasha Glasser and Alex Navarro.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 15 Oct. 2025
Koupparis, who makes costuming a speciality, is among the most senior members of this group, which first numbered about 15 people when it was founded in 2013.
—Neda Ulaby, NPR, 27 Sep. 2025
Whelan said that a costuming Easter egg in the play pays tribute to original Love Boat captain Gavin MacLeod.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Sep. 2025
Swift previously released the album variants, the Dazzling Shiny Bug Vinyl Collection and Baby, That's Show Business Vinyl Collection, with glamorous photos and costuming.
—Marina Watts, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for costuming
dressing
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Bella Hadid has turned her trip to Aspen into a daily lesson in dressing for spring 2026, and there will be a quiz later.—
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Queen Mary of Denmark gave royal regal dressing a new level of elegance in combined pieces by designers Jesper Høvring and Lasse Spangenberg for New Year’s Day celebrations at Christian VII’s Palace in Copenhagen on Thursday.—
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“Costuming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/costuming. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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