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as in to dress
to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes
they liked to clothe the twins in identical outfits just to confuse people
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as in to say
to convey in appropriate or telling terms
regulations clothed in obscure terminology
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Recent Examples of clothe
The wet room consists of a sauna and a steam room clad in deep-blue tiles; at one end is a Japanese Ofuru tub for hydrotherapy.
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Marcia Desanctis, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2025
For those who haven't seen the iconic 2008 comedy, the movie opens with composer Peter (Segel), clad in just a towel after a shower, getting dumped by his girlfriend Sarah (Kristen Bell).
—Daysia Tolentino, EW.com, 19 June 2025
Your figures often appear clothed in richly detailed textiles and garments that seem to carry as much weight as the subjects themselves.
—Essence, 17 June 2025
Excitement reverberated throughout the Santa Clara Youth Soccer Park as city officials unveiled the host city plaque to a crowd of kids clad in cleats and jerseys who were eager to take part in a youth soccer clinic led by former San Jose Earthquakes player Shea Salinas.
—Grace Hase, Mercury News, 12 June 2025
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Marcia Desanctis, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2025
For those who haven't seen the iconic 2008 comedy, the movie opens with composer Peter (Segel), clad in just a towel after a shower, getting dumped by his girlfriend Sarah (Kristen Bell).
—Daysia Tolentino, EW.com, 19 June 2025
Your figures often appear clothed in richly detailed textiles and garments that seem to carry as much weight as the subjects themselves.
—Essence, 17 June 2025
Excitement reverberated throughout the Santa Clara Youth Soccer Park as city officials unveiled the host city plaque to a crowd of kids clad in cleats and jerseys who were eager to take part in a youth soccer clinic led by former San Jose Earthquakes player Shea Salinas.
—Grace Hase, Mercury News, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clothe
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Staff said she was dressed as a bride, wearing white and having her hair done.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
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Use it to dress salads with extra virgin olive oil, or on cooked or raw vegetables.—
Veronica Cristino,
Vogue,
26 June 2025
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In addition to frequent password updates, individuals will need to be more alert about the increasing amount of malware hiding in illegitimate software, applications and other downloadable files, Valenzuela said.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
26 June 2025
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An unknown gunman shot the boy while inside an apartment on the 6400 block of South Ingleside Avenue just after 6 p.m., police said.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2025
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Ambassadors from Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait on Saturday met with Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), to express concerns about the consequences of a U.S. attack.—
Colin Meyn,
The Hill,
22 June 2025
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On a broader scale, legislators have expressed frustration for years about high prices — whether for a new college graduate seeking an affordable apartment or for a young family trying to afford a pricier suburb with good schools like West Hartford or Glastonbury.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
22 June 2025
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Reliance Retail has about 12,000 stores across India and sells everything from smartphones to groceries to apparel through various eponymous brands, including Reliance Fresh, Reliance Digital and Reliance Trends.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN,
11 Aug. 2021
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The rapper has partnered with an unusually diverse array of brands to churn out everything from food to apparel to toys and more.—
Kim Bhasin,
Bloomberg.com,
8 Oct. 2020
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Haliburton put no weight on the leg and had his face wrapped in towels as he was taken to the Pacers’ locker room for evaluation.—
Tim Reynolds,
Chicago Tribune,
23 June 2025
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Immigration arrests in Los Angeles have been headline news and the subject of legal disputes for the past few weeks, but Angelenos watching the drama play out on television and in their communities may be confused about who exactly is putting people in handcuffs and hauling them off.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
22 June 2025
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For global travelers, Times Square a must-see, standing among the skyscrapers and screens among the street performers and costumed characters luring travelers (and SNL comedians, as Colin Jost told Travel + Leisure).—
Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
18 June 2025
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Doing so entailed spending $150,000 in first-year start-up costs like costuming and sound equipment, creating everything from backing tracks to background visuals, booking 100-plus gigs and swiftly quitting her wealth management job.—
Leena Tailor,
HollywoodReporter,
12 June 2025
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Dash can’t walk, sit up on his own, or articulate his words.—
Edward Lee,
Baltimore Sun,
19 June 2025
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Starting with his founding of the conservative magazine National Review in 1955, Buckley largely defined and articulated the ideas that would dominate Republican politics, at least until recently.—
Terry W. Hartle,
Christian Science Monitor,
18 June 2025
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Reinert concurs that additional legal challenges can be brought in the court system depending on the way other state laws are phrased or organized.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
18 June 2025
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However, the way this is phrased does not at all confirm that’s what’s coming.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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“Clothe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clothe. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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