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
  • Later, CeCe dresses her up in a pink tutu and makes up a dance for her kitten.
    Parents, Parents, 31 July 2026
  • Young, who dresses Dakota Johnson, Julianne Moore, and Scarlett Johansson, spotlighted it as an essential for summer travel in her latest Quince curation.
    Olivia Cigliano, InStyle, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • The company says its quantum gravity gradiometry (QGG) technology can detect extremely small variations in Earth’s gravitational field.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Nate Bailey, the former head of Atlanta’s firefighter union, says he was retaliated against after advocating for better working conditions.
    AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The night also saw modern iterations of court costumes from the 17th and 18th centuries.
    R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Seven days of building both the Ice King and Charlie the Unicorn costumes with much trial and error have culminated in her decision to go as the Ice King for the first day of San Diego Comic-Con.
    Jesa Marie Calaor, Allure, 24 July 2026
Verb
  • The 2027 budget also expresses the state’s intent to gradually increase these percentages and to extend weighted funding to students with disabilities beginning in fiscal year 2028.
    Jason Burns, The Conversation, 17 Aug. 2026
  • During their wedding, Ann goes off script and expresses her reservations — even as John tries to reassure her.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 17 Aug. 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
  • The last major outbreak occurred in 2024, involving 19 human cases nationally with 13 of the cases reported in each of the New England states other than Connecticut, and two each in New York and New Jersey.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The lawsuit states that after Collins filed an internal complaint with the district in 2008, it was investigated by the agency’s Equal Opportunity Programs Unit.
    Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The price puts the layer between applications and AI models above almost any single model company.
    Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • That size puts the concept in a different category from today’s commercial aircraft.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 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 23 Aug. 2026.

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