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as in gown
a garment with a joined blouse and skirt usually worn by a woman or girl what a lovely dress you're wearing today!

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as in costume
clothing chosen as appropriate for a specific situation a bagpiper in full Scottish Highlander dress

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verb

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as in to bandage
to cover with a bandage first wash and then dress the wound

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Recent Examples of dress
Noun
Meanwhile, as a proxy for a casual outfit, the index uses a pair of Levi jeans and a summer dress. Greg McKenna, Fortune, 27 June 2025 Vogue boss Anna Wintour reportedly helped Sánchez select her dress for the ceremony, and word spread that Elton John was asked to perform. Aldo Luigi Mancusi, HollywoodReporter, 27 June 2025
Verb
The mayo dressing on the Maine roll isn’t too heavy, if just a bit bland. Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 7 July 2025 Performers dressed as formal library pages in white shirts and black ties emerged from the periphery to dance along. Brian Schaefer july 7, Literary Hub, 7 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for dress
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Noun
  • The Italian fashion house behind Sánchez’s bridal gown earned 28 percent more in media exposure from June 25 to 29, following the wedding, than during its fall 2025 fashion show in March.
    Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 1 July 2025
  • Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli (then at the helm of Valentino) designed a one-off golden couture gown that was auctioned off at the Cannes amfAR Gala in 2013 for Cinema Against Aids.
    Jordan Wake, Vogue, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • Every cobbled lane was blocked by revelers crowded outside the bars, all wearing white-and-red fiesta costumes.
    Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2025
  • Unfolding against the backdrop of SCAD’s campus in the hilltop village of Lacoste in the Luberon Valley, honorees included actor Toby Jones, director Stephen Frears, screenwriter Christopher Hampton and James Bond and Harry Potter costume designer Jany Temime.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • For an increasing number of companies, reasoning models (AI that thinks through problems rather than just following commands) are making traditional prospecting look as outdated as a Rolodex.
    Aditya Lahiri, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • However, Bloom didn’t think that the venture into space was a good look for his girlfriend.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 1 July 2025
Adjective
  • Mamdani has secured endorsements from Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and independent Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, but lacks formal support from Hochul and two other prominent New York lawmakers, Senator Chuck Schumer and Representative Hakeem Jeffries.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
  • That would likely leave a 10% base tariff, as well as the auto, steel and aluminum tariffs in place until details of a formal trade agreement are ironed out.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 7 July 2025
Verb
  • Concealing or denying evil is like allowing a wound to keep bleeding without bandaging it!
    Lynn Zovighian, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
  • For the first 48 hours, her head was fully bandaged, a bit like a mummy, to control swelling.
    Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 16 June 2025
Verb
  • Amazon Basics Fluted Ceramic Round Planter This early Prime Day deal is perfect for decorating your outdoor table with lush greenery and flowers.
    Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 5 July 2025
  • His striking work, Protest, depicts the bloodshed of Sri Lanka’s long civil war, using books that are charred or rendered illegible, often decorated with symbolic or figurative objects, like toy-soldier figurines marching across a soiled page.
    Thessaly La Force, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2025
Verb
  • Other procedures like polishing restorations, ceramic crowns, using elastics, orthodontic appliances, and so on can generate particles.
    Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
  • Most people think stand-up comics spend decades polishing their act to get good at telling jokes.
    Nate Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2025
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  • Beside him was Janet, his second wife, who was two decades younger and smartly attired in shades, a plaid sunhat, and a sleeveless blouse.
    Alec Nevala-Lee June 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
  • The Fisherman's Ring Once attired in his vestments, the pontiff returns to the Sistine Chapel and sits on a papal chair.
    Christopher Watson, ABC News, 8 May 2025

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“Dress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dress. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.

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