sweatshirt
noun
sweat·shirt
ˈswet-ˌshərt 
: a loose collarless pullover or jacket usually of heavy cotton jersey
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The gunman, who was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and black shorts with flowers printed on them ran off down Marcy Ave.
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Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 20 June 2025
There’s one only visible through a peephole hidden behind a panel on a wall, and there’s even one printed on a yellow sweatshirt mixed in with a sea of white button-down shirts on a conveyor belt in the laundry.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 17 June 2025
Vivian stood on her dad's other side, wearing a white sweatshirt.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 16 June 2025
Peotone police said people in masks and wearing hooded sweatshirts and gloves entered five businesses on Cicero Avenue and two business in the historic downtown at about 5 a.m. June 9.
—Dennis Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2025
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Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 20 June 2025
There’s one only visible through a peephole hidden behind a panel on a wall, and there’s even one printed on a yellow sweatshirt mixed in with a sea of white button-down shirts on a conveyor belt in the laundry.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 17 June 2025
Vivian stood on her dad's other side, wearing a white sweatshirt.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 16 June 2025
Peotone police said people in masks and wearing hooded sweatshirts and gloves entered five businesses on Cicero Avenue and two business in the historic downtown at about 5 a.m. June 9.
—Dennis Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2025
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“Sweatshirt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweatshirt. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.
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sweatshirt
noun
sweat·shirt
-ˌshərt
: a loose collarless usually long-sleeved pullover or jacket of soft absorbent material
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