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as in attired
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 expressed
to convey in appropriate or telling terms
regulations clothed in obscure terminology
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Recent Examples of clothed
Emma Banks, InStyle, 9 Jan. 2026
That is, until one of the semi-clothed workmen and his thick muscles catch her eye.
—David Opie, IndieWire, 4 Dec. 2025
Christian has relied on Medicaid to pay for the home health nurses and caregivers to maneuver the device to get from the bed to his wheelchair, showered, clothed and fed.
—Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Aug. 2025
Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026
The passengers can be seen clad in personal protective equipment, with some pointing their phones towards the shore where the world’s media awaits.
—Vasco Cotovio, CNN Money, 10 May 2026
The tables are still clad in white linen.
—Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 10 May 2026
The musician proved yet again her prowess for making even the most outlandish of outfits seem suddenly downright wearable yesterday in Venice, where she DJed at the Biennale, clad in look 80 from the fall 2026 Bottega Veneta collection by Louise Trotter.
—Max Berlinger, Vogue, 8 May 2026
There are 45 rooms beside and above the spa, all clad in Byzantine colours of muted gold and deep red.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 2026
Those were some of the chants from a few dozen protesters, some clad in pink balaclavas, some with bared breasts, floral crowns, and messages scrawled across their bodies, outside the Russian Pavilion at the 2026 Venice Biennale on Wednesday morning.
—Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 6 May 2026
Thousands of people clad in red, white and blue waited hours in line to listen to Trump speak.
—Skyler Swisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 May 2026
His body was fully clothed except for one glove.
—Jim Hoagland, Outdoor Life, 30 Apr. 2026
Adjective
The rest of the slideshow included four (clothed) mirror selfies and a close-up shot of a butter yellow sink.
—Emma Banks, InStyle, 9 Jan. 2026
That is, until one of the semi-clothed workmen and his thick muscles catch her eye.
—David Opie, IndieWire, 4 Dec. 2025
Christian has relied on Medicaid to pay for the home health nurses and caregivers to maneuver the device to get from the bed to his wheelchair, showered, clothed and fed.
—Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
There’s a subversive edge to this otherwise blithe simulacrum of a French salon inside the Printemps department store, with its frescoes, Languedoc marble tables and banquettes clad in Le Manach toile de Tours.
—Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026
The passengers can be seen clad in personal protective equipment, with some pointing their phones towards the shore where the world’s media awaits.
—Vasco Cotovio, CNN Money, 10 May 2026
The tables are still clad in white linen.
—Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 10 May 2026
The musician proved yet again her prowess for making even the most outlandish of outfits seem suddenly downright wearable yesterday in Venice, where she DJed at the Biennale, clad in look 80 from the fall 2026 Bottega Veneta collection by Louise Trotter.
—Max Berlinger, Vogue, 8 May 2026
There are 45 rooms beside and above the spa, all clad in Byzantine colours of muted gold and deep red.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 2026
Those were some of the chants from a few dozen protesters, some clad in pink balaclavas, some with bared breasts, floral crowns, and messages scrawled across their bodies, outside the Russian Pavilion at the 2026 Venice Biennale on Wednesday morning.
—Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 6 May 2026
Thousands of people clad in red, white and blue waited hours in line to listen to Trump speak.
—Skyler Swisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 May 2026
His body was fully clothed except for one glove.
—Jim Hoagland, Outdoor Life, 30 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clothed
Adjective
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Honeymooners and impeccably dressed Europeans in the latest Gucci and Versace can always be counted on in the rotation alongside multi-generational families on milestone trips and annual five-star holidays.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Apr. 2026
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Janelle Monáe came dressed to impress at an album release party in New York City.—
Joyann Jeffrey,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
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Today he’s attired in a gray hoodie over a white T-shirt.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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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.—
Paula L. Woods,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2026
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Leon has expressed reservations about the project's $400 million private financing arrangement and the lack of congressional input.—
Arden Farhi,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Bureau employees expressed concerns that his behavior posed a threat to public safety.—
Robert B. Reich,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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But when Sam started posting generic photos of a beautiful, scantily clad woman on Instagram, he was dismayed to find that none of the content was hitting.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
22 Apr. 2026
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The star occasionally wanders back to the monitor to giggle with good-natured self-deprecation at his scantily clad spectacle.—
Sarah Rodman,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Apr. 2026
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But the visitors from Memphis were a husk of that outfit, a cavalcade of new faces and Golden State castoffs being observed by the ghost of Ja Morant garbed in street clothes.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
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He was garbed in prison attire and did not speak during the brief hearing.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 Jan. 2026
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Another problem with nuclear energy is the price While the cost of generating power from nuclear energy is low, building the plant is what ends up costing so much, said Joseph DeNicola, a senior policy advisor at DEEP.—
Krisztian Elcsics,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
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But Andrew Spar, the president of the statewide union, said via text that a majority of local teachers unions now fall short of that threshold.—
Steven Walker,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 May 2026
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Paula, similarly robed, figures that surely Sarah must have an explanation for breaking in.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
12 Nov. 2025
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Its chain was also a new development, a succession of minute oval cartouche articulated together into a graphic and supple outline.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
10 May 2026
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This week, the 2024 letter in which the Holy See articulated its position was put online.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Clothed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clothed. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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