tank top
noun
: a sleeveless collarless shirt with usually wide shoulder straps and no front opening
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Security footage widely shared online shows a man wearing a black beanie, sunglasses, a green tank top and brown shorts approaching Moo Deng and her mother, Jona, while holding a tablet, apparently recording or taking photos.
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Arkansas Online, 19 Mar. 2026
Athletes were seen competing in shorts, T-shirts and tank tops.
—ABC News, 15 Mar. 2026
As inherently goofy as the practice is—imagine Andy Reid pacing the sidelines in full shoulder-pads-and-helmet regalia, or Mike Brown rocking shorts and a tank top at the Garden—baseball would be diminished in some small way if the managers decided to start wearing street clothes.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Rather than simply feeding the ’90s beast with subdued tank tops and pencil skirts, though, designers this week seemed more eager to recreate the feeling of the decade on their runways.
—Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026
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Arkansas Online, 19 Mar. 2026
Athletes were seen competing in shorts, T-shirts and tank tops.
—ABC News, 15 Mar. 2026
As inherently goofy as the practice is—imagine Andy Reid pacing the sidelines in full shoulder-pads-and-helmet regalia, or Mike Brown rocking shorts and a tank top at the Garden—baseball would be diminished in some small way if the managers decided to start wearing street clothes.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Rather than simply feeding the ’90s beast with subdued tank tops and pencil skirts, though, designers this week seemed more eager to recreate the feeling of the decade on their runways.
—Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for tank top
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“Tank top.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tank%20top. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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