dishabille

noun

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as in disarray

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Recent Examples of dishabille Models emerged from cubicles in various states of dishabille. — Julia Teti, WWD, 10 Mar. 2025 Charlize Theron was seductively dishabille in a Dior gown that was part black corset and part emerald slink. — Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2020 Maggie is just one of the screen stars whose dishabille lingers long after the lights have come up. — Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 7 Feb. 2018
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disarray
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  • The action mercifully settles into a less disorienting rhythm before too long, but the choppy prologue at least has the benefit of conveying the tense disarray that has gripped the shores of Ithaca in the decades since King Odysseus left for battle.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 15 July 2026
  • The Greens appear to be in disarray, and Rhaenyra may hope this is the end of the bloodshed, but Ormund quickly becomes a new thorn in her side.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 13 July 2026
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