as in clothing
covering for the human body
put on your warmest clothes—it's freezing outside
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as in dresses
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 says
to convey in appropriate or telling terms
regulations clothed in obscure terminology
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Recent Examples of clothes
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.
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Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
2 Feb. 2023
He was found under a pile of clothes in the basement of the house.
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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.
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Stacy Ryburn,
Arkansas Online,
31 Jan. 2023
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Experts say these are the types of clothes that are fine to wear repeatedly without washing.
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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.
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Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
2 Feb. 2023
He was found under a pile of clothes in the basement of the house.
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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.
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Stacy Ryburn,
Arkansas Online,
31 Jan. 2023
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Honestly, Suzie has been a caricature of a demanding boss straight from some sort of rom-com situation, but Paula finally dresses her down here and the scene is delightful.
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While both draw big crowds and, like the pope, Bad Bunny often dresses in white, their messages are contrasting.
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The department says the project is two-months ahead of schedule with the goal of wrapping up most of the project by 2030.
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The union behind the initiative — the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West — says the measure is critical for stemming the budgetary bleeding from recent federal cuts to healthcare.
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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.
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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.
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Across all three versions, each execution expresses a different exterior character while remaining unified in its underlying construction.
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Written in a style disarming and gently subversive, Slaughterhouse-Five expresses outrage at war that even now remains in opposition to conventional wisdom.
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Like many workplace phrases, its meaning depends on context, relationship and power.
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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.
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The listing states the three cabins each have one bedroom and one bathroom, with kitchens, fireplaces, soaking tubs and covered decks in two of the units.
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The filing states that once the assignment becomes effective, Delta would assume Spirit's rights and obligations under the lease through June 2031.
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Bond puts increase in value when bond prices fall and interest rates rise, allowing investors to offset losses elsewhere in their portfolios if borrowing costs jump unexpectedly.
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That puts those Lawler-supporting Democrats in the unique position of helping choose his next opponent by voting in the June 23 primary.
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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.
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“Clothes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clothes. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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