T-shirt
noun
variants
or less commonly tee shirt
: a collarless short-sleeved or sleeveless usually cotton undershirt
also
: an outer shirt of similar design
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Like the humble T-shirt, the thermal shirt began as underwear.
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Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2026
Arrested a day earlier at his construction job site, Espinoza Martinez, still dressed in his green work T-shirt, certainly didn’t fit the profile of a hard-core gang member.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
He had also been photographed with his family wearing a T-shirt alluding to an antisemitic conspiracy theory.
—Odette Yousef, NPR, 24 Jan. 2026
Sellers have been quick to post T-shirts, sweatshirt, keychains, stickers, and much more on the global online marketplace.
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 23 Jan. 2026
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Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2026
Arrested a day earlier at his construction job site, Espinoza Martinez, still dressed in his green work T-shirt, certainly didn’t fit the profile of a hard-core gang member.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
He had also been photographed with his family wearing a T-shirt alluding to an antisemitic conspiracy theory.
—Odette Yousef, NPR, 24 Jan. 2026
Sellers have been quick to post T-shirts, sweatshirt, keychains, stickers, and much more on the global online marketplace.
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 23 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for T-shirt
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“T-shirt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/T-shirt. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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