cardigan
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Cardigan
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The religious scarves and other high-neck tunics and floor-length cardigans also have been added to the mix by retailers Macy's and Uniqlo. — Maria Halkias, Dallas News, "Retail Therapy: Courting Chinese-American shoppers from a Richardson office and missing Marie Kondo," 2 Aug. 2019 The model, dressed casually in an olive green bomber jacket, wrapped his arms around the singer, who sported a cardigan and khaki cargo pants. — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, "Dua Lipa and Anwar Hadid's Rumored Relationship Timeline," 9 July 2019 Which brings us to Streep’s Mary Louise, a folksy enigma in greige cardigans and ferrety prosthetic teeth, who potters around Monterey making all her rudest inner observations out loud. — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, "The Family Values of Big Little Lies," 7 June 2019 In their matching gray suits, cardigans and high trousers, the players entering the arena Friday looking freshly imported from one of Browne's typically Kabuki Paris runway shows. — Matthew Schneier, New York Times, "In the N.B.A., a Game of Clothes Horse," 20 Apr. 2018 Instead there is Fred Rogers, the cardigan-wearing advocate for childhood education. — Travis Deshong, Twin Cities, "Watch: See Tom Hanks as Mr. Rogers in trailer for ‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’," 23 July 2019 And when Kensington Palace released a photograph of Princess Charlotte on her second birthday, her yellow John Lewis cardigan with fluffy blue sheep promptly sold out. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Vox, "Royal baby Archie will have a huge impact on Britain’s economy," 18 July 2019 In one scene, the fashion rule-breakers pair trunks with a blue oxford shirt and cardigan sweater; in another, with a crisp white polo shirt. — Tyler Watamanuk, WSJ, "Is It Ever OK to Wear Swim Trunks as Shorts?," 3 July 2019 For that winning dose of je ne sais quoi, Beckham wore hers with a classic black elongated cardigan by Chanel. — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, "Victoria Beckham Puts a French Spin on ’80s Stirrup Leggings," 22 May 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'cardigan.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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