pants suit

noun

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Jane Fonda, whose photo shoot with Minter is featured in the film, arrived wearing a periwinkle pants suit. Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025 Armani helped make pant suits chic for women at a time when they were just becoming widely accepted as officewear and eveningwear. Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025 Sanchez showed up to the inauguration at the United States Capitol Rotunda in an all-white pants suit by Alexander MCQueen, with a peekaboo bra underneath. Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2025 Who says a petite woman in a pants suit can’t own a six-footer with a hundred pounds on her? Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for pants suit

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First Known Use

1964, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of pants suit was in 1964

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“Pants suit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pants%20suit. Accessed 12 Dec. 2025.

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