: tuxedo

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Everybody's worried about dresses and tuxes right now, but things will really get good when the Academy Awards show starts. Brian Truitt, USA Today, 16 Mar. 2026 Ceretti wore a pinstripe mini dress courtesy of Moncler x EE72 while the Don't Look Up actor kept things simple in a black tux. Emma Banks, InStyle, 15 Mar. 2026 The most memorable outfits that year were the custom Dolce & Gabbana tuxes worn by Free and his Two Distant Strangers co-director Martin Desmond Roe, which were embroidered inside with the names of Black people who had been killed by police. Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 Mar. 2026 Dad never saw my son drive a car, race a bike, or wear a tux to prom. Kim Cross, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tux

Word History

First Known Use

1922, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tux was in 1922

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“Tux.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tux. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.

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tux

noun
: tuxedo
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