as in clothing
covering for the human body
put on your warmest clothes—it's freezing outside
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as in dresses
to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes
they liked to clothe the twins in identical outfits just to confuse people
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as in says
to convey in appropriate or telling terms
regulations clothed in obscure terminology
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Recent Examples of clothes
Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 3 Feb. 2023
As a matter of fact, some of those clothes were my own — my own sweatpants and my own t-shirt.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Feb. 2023
He was found under a pile of clothes in the basement of the house.
—Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 31 Jan. 2023
The regional winter response team got to work early Monday providing shelter, meals, showers and a change of clothes to vulnerable populations as freezing temperatures and sleet crept into the area.
—Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online, 31 Jan. 2023
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Experts say these are the types of clothes that are fine to wear repeatedly without washing.
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Back then, she had been advised—free of charge—by stylist Bailey Moon, who dresses the likes of Morgan Spector and Cristin Milioti and is most widely known for having worked with Jill Biden and her family throughout president Joe Biden’s administration.—
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Senior commerce editor Nashia Baker dresses her mattress with these and is a fan of their design and breathable feel.—
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Windham says details of the building were drawn from inspiration by architect Eero Saarinen, who designed the Global Tech Center in Warren, Michigan.—
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Hill says Mikko, who is nonverbal, also uses an AAC device, which helps people who have speech or language problems to communicate.—
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Those costumes from the original Broadway production, including the Schuyler sisters’ winter ball gowns, Hamilton, Jefferson and Burr’s suits, as well as King George’s outfit, are all featured among the exhibit, too.—
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Here are five tips for creating last-minute DIY KPop Demon Hunters Halloween costumes.—
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Sam is a happy, 13-year-old who expresses himself through play.—
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At the 2026 Critics Choice Awards in Los Angeles, Timothée Chalamet expresses his love and appreciation for girlfriend Kylie Jenner in his Best Actor acceptance speech.—
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To this day, people come up to him and quote phrases his character used to utter.—
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In essence, the Iowa and West Virginia sports cases ask the court to rule whether a transgender girl – a person assigned male at birth who has transitioned to align with their identity as a girl or woman, as the AP Stylebook phrases it – is a girl or a boy.—
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Michigan law states that everyone except adults in the back seat of a vehicle must be buckled.—
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Euronews states applicants also need to show proof of health insurance that covers them in Bulgaria and is valid throughout the Schengen Zone.—
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The driver then puts vehicle in drive, dragging officer about 100 yards with his arm inside the car.—
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Tonga has missed the past three games, which puts his availability for Sunday’s Wild Card showdown with the Chargers in significant doubt.—
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Instead, the playbook is straightforward – identify a problem, then propose an overly restrictive governing scheme that couches the political favoritism as a beneficial expansion of the regulatory state.—
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“Clothes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clothes. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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