evening gown

noun

: a long, formal dress that is worn to evening parties or events

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Several staffers, Adams included, lived fairly far from the White House and didn’t have time to work a full shift over on Pennsylvania Avenue, go home to freshen up and change into an evening gown, and get back to the White House in time for a state dinner or other fancy event. Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025 For example, Manel’s Aboudaoud said her average selling price for an evening gown is about $750 despite her use of top fabrics, a tactic to help her six-year-old label grow. Miles Socha, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025 The dress that put him on the fashion map was the white silk evening gown with a diagonal cutaway across the torso and a slit up to the hip bone, from Vaccarello’s eponymous label, that his dear friend the model Anja Rubik wore to the Met Gala in 2012. Rob Haskell, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2025 Princess Kate wore a red Givenchy evening gown with a cape alongside Prince William for the State Banquet at Windsor Castle for President Emmanuel Macron of France on July 8, 2025. Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for evening gown

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“Evening gown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evening%20gown. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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