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to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes
firefighters garbed in protective gear
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Recent Examples of garbed
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
13 June 2026
Her father's New Year's greeting card for 2023 showed King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida garbed in somber black, which many Thais saw as confirmation of the gravity of her condition.
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CBS News,
12 June 2026
Her father's New Year’s greeting card for 2023 showed King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida garbed in somber black, which many Thais saw as confirmation of the gravity of her condition.
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ABC News,
11 June 2026
Many of Furgeson’s subjects were displeased by his haughty musings, which would seem less out of place if he was garbed in a royal mantle and wielding a golden scepter.
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Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
4 June 2026
He was garbed in prison attire and did not speak during the brief hearing.
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Arkansas Online,
24 Jan. 2026
Only baby food, baby bottles and toddler toys were found inside the home, where the teenage boys were discovered garbed in diapers, according to a law enforcement source.
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Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
24 Jan. 2026
He was garbed in prison attire and did not speak during the brief hearing.
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Julie Carr Smyth,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
Verb
The Qataris, garbed in white robes with red sashes, sat directly behind the goal in the lower bowl.
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Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
13 June 2026
Her father's New Year's greeting card for 2023 showed King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida garbed in somber black, which many Thais saw as confirmation of the gravity of her condition.
—
CBS News,
12 June 2026
Her father's New Year’s greeting card for 2023 showed King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida garbed in somber black, which many Thais saw as confirmation of the gravity of her condition.
—
ABC News,
11 June 2026
Many of Furgeson’s subjects were displeased by his haughty musings, which would seem less out of place if he was garbed in a royal mantle and wielding a golden scepter.
—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
4 June 2026
He was garbed in prison attire and did not speak during the brief hearing.
—
Arkansas Online,
24 Jan. 2026
Only baby food, baby bottles and toddler toys were found inside the home, where the teenage boys were discovered garbed in diapers, according to a law enforcement source.
—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
24 Jan. 2026
He was garbed in prison attire and did not speak during the brief hearing.
—
Julie Carr Smyth,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for garbed
Adjective
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Somewhere in the middle of this Los Angeles neo-noir, Colin Farrell’s quiet, well-dressed, cinema-loving private eye was revealed to be a blue-skinned alien — then the show just kept going, missing-persons mystery intact.
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Rent it on most major platforms Forbidden to enter the stadium, several Iranian women sneak in dressed as men to watch a World Cup qualifying match in the master director Jafar Panahi’s movie about everyday defiance under authoritarianism.
Verb
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Its interior walls were clad in marble.
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In the post, Anne Hathaway, clad in all white, walks into the frame with her arms crossed over her belly.
Adjective
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Dozens of Eckhaus Latta–clad, Tabi-toed aspiring downtown cool kids were lined up around the block to attend a poetry reading at the menswear store, headlined by writer Victoria Rose.
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Playing for a state title in front of thousands of fans, many of the clad in red, was a fitting end.
Verb
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Always elegantly attired, always thirsty, never drunk.
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The open concept and casually attired employees bear a resemblance to countless other start-ups.
Adjective
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Cast in classic tones of black and white, the suited look included separate pieces from the fall curation.
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That dynamic makes oncology uniquely suited to reveal how clinical intelligence can change the trajectory of care.
Adjective
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And even when the original clips of viral moments are authentic, they’re increasingly used as a launching point for embellished narratives and AI content – to capture an invested audience.
Adjective
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Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen, and the Popular Mobilization Forces in Iraq are all still standing, and the memorandum names Lebanon as a covered front.
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As told on a sign under the covered patio, there’s a bit of a dress code.
Adjective
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The results indicate that officers were often sidestepping explicitly asking for search consent, in favor of veiled and passive language that was difficult for people to understand in real time.
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This focuses readers on the all-black uniforms of the veiled pupils, who—in a long frame at the center of the page—sit between the looming, frowning teacher on the right and Marji on the left, who stands up to explain that her uncle was executed by the Islamic regime.
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“Garbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garbed. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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