dress shirt
noun
: a shirt especially for wear with evening attire
broadly
: a shirt with buttons, cuffs, and a collar that is suitable for wear with a necktie
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The company is also the official licensee and performance dress shirt of the Arrow McLaren IndyCar Team.
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Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
The warehouse’s general manager, a compact man in a blue floral dress shirt, cut a red ribbon.
—Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Whitworth, wearing a suit jacket and white button-down dress shirt, declined to speak when Crosswhite offered him the chance during his plea.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2025
State and Liberty sells suits, blazers, dress shirts, dress pants, and other items for men with athletic builds.
—Tom Daykin, jsonline.com, 2 Oct. 2025
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Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
The warehouse’s general manager, a compact man in a blue floral dress shirt, cut a red ribbon.
—Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Whitworth, wearing a suit jacket and white button-down dress shirt, declined to speak when Crosswhite offered him the chance during his plea.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2025
State and Liberty sells suits, blazers, dress shirts, dress pants, and other items for men with athletic builds.
—Tom Daykin, jsonline.com, 2 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dress shirt
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“Dress shirt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dress%20shirt. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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