blue jeans

plural noun

Definition of blue jeansnext
as in cargo pants

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Recent Examples of blue jeans Williams was last seen wearing a dark gray t-shirt, dark blue jeans and black shoes. — Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 8 Sep. 2026 Pucker for a sucker High school senior Violet Gray rolled her blue jeans on May 1 and walked into the Colorado River while hoisting a dip net holding a footlong razorback sucker. — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2026 Chemena Kamali wears her long chocolate brown hair all the way down over her shoulders to the waistband of her blue jeans. — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 31 Aug. 2026 Dyes such as indigo, for example, which colors your favorite blue jeans, are actually intended to fade and will do so throughout the life of the garment. — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 30 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for blue jeans
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blue jeans
  1. cargo pants
  2. jeans
Plural Noun
  • Designed for in-between-temperature days, these capri-style cargo pants are perfect when shorts are too cool, but pants are too warm.
    — Kaitlin Gates, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The kind of easy basic that go with (nearly) everything in your closet, your green chinos and cargo pants can be casual or dressy with the right top.
    — Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of cargo pants
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  • Here are five blazer-and-jeans outfit ideas to try this spring.
    — India Roby, Glamour, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Amazon Essentials Glove Ballet Flats These Amazon Essentials glove-style ballet flats are comfortable (thanks to a memory foam insole), supremely in-budget, and add instant polish to even the simplest T-shirt-and-jeans outfit.
    — Annie Blackman, InStyle, 31 Jan. 2026
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