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to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes
men attired in tuxedos for the awards banquet
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Recent Examples of attired
Pj Green,
Kansas City Star,
17 June 2026
Jackson — only 26, and not yet an ordained minister — was dressed informally, in a loose jacket and a hip collarless pullover that distinguished him from the dark-suited, pulpit-ready King and King's conservatively attired associates.
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John Beifuss,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
18 Feb. 2026
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
The open concept and casually attired employees bear a resemblance to countless other start-ups.
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Lucien Bruggeman,
ABC News,
28 May 2026
Today he’s attired in a gray hoodie over a white T-shirt.
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Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
The mostly female attendees range from 30 years old to over 70 and are attired in outfits including cutoffs, tank tops, straw fedoras and glamorous full-length dresses.
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Paula L. Woods,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2026
They were identically attired, in a dark suit and dark glasses.
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Alexandra Petri,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
Photos from airports reviewed by USA TODAY from the USA TODAY Network, Reuters and Getty Images taken during the holiday travel season showed that flyers were largely attired in outfits ranging from casual to business casual.
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James Powel,
USA Today,
30 Dec. 2025
The secret venue, lighting and ambience are supplied by host Triple Pocket Events, but diners, attired entirely in white, must supply their own picnic meal, white tables, chairs, cloths, dishware, cutlery and French wine and champagne.
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Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
The passionate and boisterous Argentina fans greatly outnumbered the green-and-white-attired Algerian faithful.
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Pj Green,
Kansas City Star,
17 June 2026
Jackson — only 26, and not yet an ordained minister — was dressed informally, in a loose jacket and a hip collarless pullover that distinguished him from the dark-suited, pulpit-ready King and King's conservatively attired associates.
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John Beifuss,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
18 Feb. 2026
Verb
Always elegantly attired, always thirsty, never drunk.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
The open concept and casually attired employees bear a resemblance to countless other start-ups.
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Lucien Bruggeman,
ABC News,
28 May 2026
Today he’s attired in a gray hoodie over a white T-shirt.
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Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
The mostly female attendees range from 30 years old to over 70 and are attired in outfits including cutoffs, tank tops, straw fedoras and glamorous full-length dresses.
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Paula L. Woods,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2026
They were identically attired, in a dark suit and dark glasses.
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Alexandra Petri,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
Photos from airports reviewed by USA TODAY from the USA TODAY Network, Reuters and Getty Images taken during the holiday travel season showed that flyers were largely attired in outfits ranging from casual to business casual.
—
James Powel,
USA Today,
30 Dec. 2025
The secret venue, lighting and ambience are supplied by host Triple Pocket Events, but diners, attired entirely in white, must supply their own picnic meal, white tables, chairs, cloths, dishware, cutlery and French wine and champagne.
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Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attired
Adjective
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Shop her look on There’s a point every summer where getting dressed stops being about curating an outfit and starts being about survival.
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When getting dressed starts to feel like an endurance sport, fashion has to offer more than fantasy — and many collections in Paris did just that.
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Ed Sheeran strides to Taylor Swift wedding Ed Sheeran, clad in a bright aqua blue suit, arrived holding hands with wife Cherry Seaborn.
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That was enough for France, whose red, white and blue-clad fans looked plenty patriotic on July Fourth in the city where the United States was founded exactly 250 years earlier.
Adjective
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Dozens of Eckhaus Latta–clad, Tabi-toed aspiring downtown cool kids were lined up around the block to attend a poetry reading at the menswear store, headlined by writer Victoria Rose.
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Playing for a state title in front of thousands of fans, many of the clad in red, was a fitting end.
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The Qataris, garbed in white robes with red sashes, sat directly behind the goal in the lower bowl.
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Her father's New Year's greeting card for 2023 showed King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida garbed in somber black, which many Thais saw as confirmation of the gravity of her condition.
Adjective
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Lena Dunham was spotted poking her head out of a backseat window and chatting with someone redirecting traffic, while her ex, a suited Jack Antonoff, and his sister, fashion designer Rachel Antonoff, were also seen walking up to MSG.
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Even San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan played a bit of pickleball despite having footwear more suited for a council meeting than a pick-up game.
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Indeed, Green throws off a kind of 1970s Wonder Woman vibe at times, especially given how she is costumed by Theresa Ham, and that adds to the fun.
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Some of the episode’s interiors were built alongside the regular Widow’s Bay sets, so breaks for her –– while costumed in 18th century clothing –– were spent taking a breather on a city hall desk or lounging on a couch that would certainly be out of place in 1702.
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And even when the original clips of viral moments are authentic, they’re increasingly used as a launching point for embellished narratives and AI content – to capture an invested audience.
Adjective
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The covered medications include drugmaker Eli Lilly’s Foundayo tablets and Zepbound KwikPens and Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy injections and tablets, all of which have been FDA-approved for weight loss, according to the report.
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The covered medications include drugmaker Eli Lilly’s Foundayo tablets and Zepbound KwikPens and Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy injections and tablets.
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“Attired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attired. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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