blue jeans

plural noun

Definition of blue jeansnext
as in cargo pants

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Recent Examples of blue jeans Kazakova is about 5-foot-6, weighs about 128 pounds, has brown hair and brown eyes and was last seen wearing a black shirt and blue jeans. — Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026 Sean Preston wore a long black satin-style overcoat layered over a black button-up shirt and matching tie, paired with blue jeans and polished black shoes. — ABC News, 27 June 2026 There is nothing quite as iconic in American fashion as blue jeans, and for decades those jeans were made of premium fabrics in esteemed American mills, using American cotton. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 30 June 2026 Long Beach Police Department Police released images of the suspects, showing one wearing a blue hoodie, blue jeans, and white tennis shoes, and the other wearing a dark hoodie and black pants. — Julie Sharp, CBS News, 17 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for blue jeans
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blue jeans
  1. cargo pants
  2. jeans
Plural Noun
  • Pants are the starting point of outfits this season — cargo pants were everywhere, carpenter drill cottons and lightweight, airy cotton styles.
    — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 29 June 2026
  • Nordstrom is also offering deals on some of our favorite brands, including these Nike cargo pants.
    — Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2026
Definition of cargo pants
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  • Here are five blazer-and-jeans outfit ideas to try this spring.
    — India Roby, Glamour, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Amazon Essentials Glove Ballet Flats These Amazon Essentials glove-style ballet flats are comfortable (thanks to a memory foam insole), supremely in-budget, and add instant polish to even the simplest T-shirt-and-jeans outfit.
    — Annie Blackman, InStyle, 31 Jan. 2026
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