1
: a short necktie tied in a bowknot
2
: something (such as pasta) resembling a bow tie in shape
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Where each cup of the bikini top met the straps, the swimsuit also featured two crochet bow ties in white.
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Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 30 May 2026
The dining room has a classic, European style with waiters dressed in starched white jackets and black bow ties.
—Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Blackwell was outraged that Stallone was fashioning himself into a style rebel by breaking tradition and showing up collar open, with no bow tie.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 16 May 2026
The 33-year-old actor was dressed in a suit and bow tie, and his 32-year-old wife, a model, was wearing a baby blue dress — the same outfits the couple wore on the red carpet of the 79th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, that night.
—Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 15 May 2026
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Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 30 May 2026
The dining room has a classic, European style with waiters dressed in starched white jackets and black bow ties.
—Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Blackwell was outraged that Stallone was fashioning himself into a style rebel by breaking tradition and showing up collar open, with no bow tie.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 16 May 2026
The 33-year-old actor was dressed in a suit and bow tie, and his 32-year-old wife, a model, was wearing a baby blue dress — the same outfits the couple wore on the red carpet of the 79th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, that night.
—Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 15 May 2026
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“Bow tie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bow%20tie. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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