swimsuit

noun swim·suit \ ˈswim-ˌsüt \

|Updated on: 9 Aug 2018

Definition of swimsuit

: a suit for swimming or bathing

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Recent Examples of swimsuit from the Web

Since the decision to scrap the swimsuit portion, Carlson, 52, and other members of the board have come under criticism for the push to make the competition more inclusive and less based on physical appearance.

— jodi guglielmi, PEOPLE.com, "Gretchen Carlson Defends Miss America Changes Amid Mounting Criticism: 'Change Is Difficult'," 9 July 2018
The Miss America Organization said in a statement Saturday that the March vote to eliminate the swimsuit portion was unanimous.

— valerie bauerlein, WSJ, "Miss America Organization Split by #MeToo Era Swimsuit Decision," 8 July 2018
Even the Miss America pageant plans to remove the swimsuit portion of the competition.

— jessica bennett, New York Times, "After #MeToo, the Ripple Effect," 28 June 2018
On Tuesday morning, Gretchen Carlson, chair of the board for the Miss America Organization, announced that the competition will be doing away with its famed swimsuit portion.

— jasmine sanders, The Cut, "Miss America Is Scrapping the Swimsuit Competition," 5 June 2018
Miss America is ending the swimsuit portion of its competition, ABC News is reporting.

— michelle ewing, ajc, "Miss America to end swimsuit competition," 5 June 2018
Carlson has indicated that changes are in store and has not ruled out eliminating the swimsuit portion of the pageant, which began as a bathing-beauty contest on the Boardwalk.

— amy s. rosenberg, Philly.com, "Miss America Organization gets $4.3 million lifeline," 17 Apr. 2018
The company makes products for men and women including boxers, briefs, bras, underwear, lingerie, nightwear, socks, swimsuits and accessories.

— austen erblat, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Italian lingerie maker Intimissimi opens at Town Center mall in Boca Raton," 13 July 2018
Hadley remembered three of everything in those months: three swimsuits on the line, three breakfast trays and so on.

— dana snitzky, Longreads, "Hemingway’s Last Girl," 12 July 2018

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