Definition of clothesnext

clothes

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verb

present tense third-person singular of clothe

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of clothes
Plural noun
Experts say these are the types of clothes that are fine to wear repeatedly without washing. Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 3 Feb. 2023 As a matter of fact, some of those clothes were my own — my own sweatpants and my own t-shirt. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Feb. 2023 He was found under a pile of clothes in the basement of the house. Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 31 Jan. 2023 The regional winter response team got to work early Monday providing shelter, meals, showers and a change of clothes to vulnerable populations as freezing temperatures and sleet crept into the area. Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online, 31 Jan. 2023 See All Example Sentences for clothes
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clothes
Verb
  • Regardless, men behaving in a repulsed or shocked way when a man dresses feminine or in women’s clothing is homophobic.
    Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026
  • Case in point, the Organic Cotton Relaxed Oxford Shirt, which stylist Nicole Chavez, who dresses Witherspoon, handpicked in her cool-girl summer capsule.
    Olivia Cigliano, InStyle, 20 July 2026
Verb
  • The petition says the property has been in violation of city code for over five years and the owner has received several citations for various issues including roof disrepair, unattended vegetation growth, trash and graffiti.
    Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
  • Outside of NGOs, legal work for openly transgender people in Nepal is virtually nonexistent, executive director Manisha Dhakal says.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
Verb
  • Stewart recounted New York’s enthusiastic reaction to the Knicks winning, including the appearance of multiple Spider-Man costumes, a dancing MTA bus driver, and a drum line.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2026
  • The same girls who’d posted winking pop-culture-reference couples Halloween costumes a few years ago were now posting their toddlers in their own pop-culture-reference costumes.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • In one of Nolan’s subtle but important additions to Homer’s tale, all throughout the film, everyone expresses fears about the People from the Sea, this unseen menace terrorizing different towns.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 17 July 2026
  • Truly someone who has those types of values and expresses them very publicly.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • Like many workplace phrases, its meaning depends on context, relationship and power.
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • Because Survivor 42 followed the same format with all the exact same twists from Survivor 41—Prisoner's Dilemma, goofy phrases, Hourglass twist, Shot in the Dark, Do or Die—along with many of the same challenges, the entire season often felt like a rerun.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 May 2026
Verb
  • Strategies + Advice A joint statement from 16 Nobel laureates and thousands of economists states AI could change the world economy faster than the Industrial Revolution.
    Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • The release states that Midwest Poultry is not aware of any specific illnesses linked to it's products, and its Texas farms are not distributing fresh eggs at this time.
    Mary Lyle, Arkansas Online, 23 July 2026
Verb
  • Advocates and city councilors said at an April Council hearing that the Wu administration’s inaction has cost the city millions in federal grant funding and puts cyclists and pedestrians at risk.
    Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 22 July 2026
  • That puts additional weight on the value of the face-to-face interview — one of the last remaining stages of the hiring process that can’t be automated.
    Cami Fateh, Vogue, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • Instead, the playbook is straightforward – identify a problem, then propose an overly restrictive governing scheme that couches the political favoritism as a beneficial expansion of the regulatory state.
    Wayne Winegarden, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025

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“Clothes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clothes. Accessed 26 Jul. 2026.

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