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.
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Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
2 Feb. 2023
He was found under a pile of clothes in the basement of the house.
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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.
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Stacy Ryburn,
Arkansas Online,
31 Jan. 2023
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Plural noun
Experts say these are the types of clothes that are fine to wear repeatedly without washing.
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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.
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Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
2 Feb. 2023
He was found under a pile of clothes in the basement of the house.
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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.
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Stacy Ryburn,
Arkansas Online,
31 Jan. 2023
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Dior dresses the players for every official appearance—not as a sponsorship decoration but as a statement of aesthetic register.
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Honestly, Suzie has been a caricature of a demanding boss straight from some sort of rom-com situation, but Paula finally dresses her down here and the scene is delightful.
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The Canadian report says only 28 human cases have been reported in Canada since 1924, while the CDC reports fewer than 10 people die from rabies each year in the United States.
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The two-story space features professional recording studios, podcast and video suites, co-working lounges and meeting spaces, which are slated to open by early next year once permits are approved, Ihm says.
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Stewart recounted New York’s enthusiastic reaction to the Knicks winning, including the appearance of multiple Spider-Man costumes, a dancing MTA bus driver, and a drum line.
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The same girls who’d posted winking pop-culture-reference couples Halloween costumes a few years ago were now posting their toddlers in their own pop-culture-reference costumes.
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Many accomplished players carrying such clauses, however, are open to waiving the power if a team expresses a desire to move on.
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Someone expresses displeasure, raises their voice slightly or applies the soft pressure of sustained silence, and the original position softens, shifts or vanishes entirely.
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Like many workplace phrases, its meaning depends on context, relationship and power.
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Because Survivor 42 followed the same format with all the exact same twists from Survivor 41—Prisoner's Dilemma, goofy phrases, Hourglass twist, Shot in the Dark, Do or Die—along with many of the same challenges, the entire season often felt like a rerun.
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The nonprofit and the Coastal Commission have drafted a public access management plan that states the land will be open from sunrise to sunset.
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In both states the president of the senate steps in as acting governor if the chief executive isn’t around.
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However, some state workers currently using public transit have questions about capacity, especially as declining state and federal transit funding puts a strain on transit agencies.
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That puts her in the club of four other millionaire authors on the bench – Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas.
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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 7 Jul. 2026.
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