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Everyone wore fancy dress for the ball.
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There’s a pretty playground with a zip wire, a tennis court floating on a lake and a vast beamed attic filled with board games, snooker and trunks of fancy dress.
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Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
For this new fleece, AG is using the type of longer-staple cotton fibers found in soft cottony things like fancy dress shirts and expensive bedsheets.
—Michael Calore, Wired News, 16 Dec. 2025
Throughout Lang’s brief career, there were hints of fancy dress—of the little girl who rootles around in a box of grownup costumes, trying out one look after the next.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
This isn't the first time Grace has gotten to wear a fancy dress while cheering on her favorite uncle.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
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Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
For this new fleece, AG is using the type of longer-staple cotton fibers found in soft cottony things like fancy dress shirts and expensive bedsheets.
—Michael Calore, Wired News, 16 Dec. 2025
Throughout Lang’s brief career, there were hints of fancy dress—of the little girl who rootles around in a box of grownup costumes, trying out one look after the next.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
This isn't the first time Grace has gotten to wear a fancy dress while cheering on her favorite uncle.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fancy dress
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“Fancy dress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fancy%20dress. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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