dress code

noun

: formally or socially imposed standards of dress

Examples of dress code in a Sentence

The school imposed a new dress code that forbids students from wearing jeans.
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Jesse Savage, who will transition from head of high school to director of academics, had asked students to remove red ties for compliance with dress code. Liam Adams, Nashville Tennessean, 26 Sep. 2025 After Starbucks rolled out a dress code, thousands of baristas went on strike. Steve Kopack, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2025 Back in May, about 1,200 Starbucks workers went on strike to protest a new dress code policy. Mike Snider, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025 Starbucks is facing multiple employee complaints and lawsuits across the United States over the rollout of a new dress code and the expenses associated with it. John Toher, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dress code

Word History

First Known Use

1961, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dress code was in 1961

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“Dress code.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dress%20code. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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