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Recent Examples of black-tie
As far as nominations for the 25th annual BET Awards go, Kendrick Lamar is in the lead with 10 potential wins at the black-tie affair.
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Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 28 May 2025
While the company states that a black-tie dress code may require women to wear long dresses and men to wear tuxedos, there is no mention of footwear.
—Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 28 May 2025
More than half of the 220 holders at the black-tie event are likely based outside the United States, according to blockchain analysis.
—Michelle Conlin, USA Today, 23 May 2025
He was dressed in shorts, T-shirt and boots and his black-tie clobber was in a car miles away in Marseilles.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 25 May 2025
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Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 28 May 2025
While the company states that a black-tie dress code may require women to wear long dresses and men to wear tuxedos, there is no mention of footwear.
—Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 28 May 2025
More than half of the 220 holders at the black-tie event are likely based outside the United States, according to blockchain analysis.
—Michelle Conlin, USA Today, 23 May 2025
He was dressed in shorts, T-shirt and boots and his black-tie clobber was in a car miles away in Marseilles.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 25 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for black-tie
Adjective
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Compared to white-tie events like the Nobel Prize ceremony or a state banquet, Cannes’ black-tie requirement is relatively flexible.—
Elizabeth Castaldo Lundén,
The Conversation,
22 May 2025
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The courtship spilled into public view in October, at the Al Smith dinner, an annual white-tie fund-raiser for Catholic charities.—
Eric Lach,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
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Perhaps the football gods are just evening things out.—
Jeff Fedotin,
Forbes,
11 Dec. 2024
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The best times are evening or early morning, when the wasps aren’t active.—
Jeanne Huber,
Washington Post,
15 Mar. 2024
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“Black-tie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/black-tie. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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