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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, 10 Feb. 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
Verb
But the visitors from Memphis were a husk of that outfit, a cavalcade of new faces and Golden State castoffs being observed by the ghost of Ja Morant garbed in street clothes.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 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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Best dressed women Jessie Buckley in Chanel Zee highlighted best actress winner Jessie Buckley's pink and red Chanel dress as a top choice from Sunday's festivities.—
GMA Team,
ABC News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Taylor has been this season’s inarguable best dressed star.—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
16 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Buckley, clad in an elegant red and pink strapless gown, accepted the accolade with a rousing speech, thanking her husband and the team behind the film, and gushing over the emotional complexity of motherhood.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
16 Mar. 2026
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Junior exuded an aura of rebellious elegance — clad in black with an Amiri bomber jacket, sunglasses and a long silver chain attached to his pants, and sipping on a red cup.—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
15 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Pleasure planets with scantily clad aliens were visited (multiple times).—
Matthew Razak,
Space.com,
28 Feb. 2026
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Today, this sophisticated, cosmopolitan center is not just for the sporty, Gore-tex clad crowd.—
Vivian Chung,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 Feb. 2026
Verb
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They were identically attired, in a dark suit and dark glasses.—
Alexandra Petri,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
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Photos from airports reviewed by USA TODAY from the USA TODAY Network, Reuters and Getty Images taken during the holiday travel season showed that flyers were largely attired in outfits ranging from casual to business casual.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
30 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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During those brainstorm sessions (mostly just an excuse for good friends to grab lunch), the idea that gained the most traction was dropping Cherish on Broadway to star in Chicago, a backdrop that would have been well suited to The Comeback’s brand of cringe comedy.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Mar. 2026
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And Webb, rubbing his hands together, is best suited to use him.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
18 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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To protect patients, especially those who need a lot of care and could otherwise face devastating medical bills, federal regulations require health insurers to limit how much patients can be asked to pay out of pocket each year for covered services.—
Jamie Hartmann-Boyce,
The Conversation,
19 Mar. 2026
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Since 1999, Nicole has been a designer, copy editor, family columnist, and covered style, home design, gardening and other news-you-can-use topics.—
Deborah Sengupta Stith,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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That has so far remained a veiled threat.—
Joseph Wilson,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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In two messages in February, Welsch allegedly made veiled threats of a shooting.—
Anthony Bettin,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Garbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garbed. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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