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Recent Examples of halter
Beach weddings and backyard events are well-suited to boho and free-spirited pieces, so try a strapless or halter design with details like ruffles and rosettes.
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Alison Syrett Cleary, Glamour, 6 Jan. 2026
Young, 24, wore an all-leather black outfit to the party on Friday, Dec. 19, complete with a plunging neckline halter top, micro shorts and tall leather boots.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 20 Dec. 2025
Filming a spot with SNL cast member (and her Wicked co-star) Bowen Yang and musical guest Cher, Grande opted for a vintage Bob Mackie dress: an empire-waist yellow and brown chevron halter dress with criss-crossing straps and a matching sash that hung from her elbows.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2025
For the special occasion, which involved a gorgeous arrangement of florals, Swift, 35, wore a $398 pinstripe Polo Ralph Lauren halter dress, gold accessories and tan sandal heels.
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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Alison Syrett Cleary, Glamour, 6 Jan. 2026
Young, 24, wore an all-leather black outfit to the party on Friday, Dec. 19, complete with a plunging neckline halter top, micro shorts and tall leather boots.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 20 Dec. 2025
Filming a spot with SNL cast member (and her Wicked co-star) Bowen Yang and musical guest Cher, Grande opted for a vintage Bob Mackie dress: an empire-waist yellow and brown chevron halter dress with criss-crossing straps and a matching sash that hung from her elbows.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2025
For the special occasion, which involved a gorgeous arrangement of florals, Swift, 35, wore a $398 pinstripe Polo Ralph Lauren halter dress, gold accessories and tan sandal heels.
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for halter
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The discussion over the 2004 conditional-use permit likely will rope in the St. Paul City Council and the mayor’s office, as well as city planners.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
22 Mar. 2026
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Case in point: Valerie’s long-suffering documentarian, Jane (Laura Silverman, also back), who quit during her Broadway fiasco and gets roped back in — in between shifts working the cash register at Trader Joe’s.—
Jada Yuan,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2026
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One shop sold starched paper shirt collars still, and the buttons needed to attach them, and arm garters too for the full get up.—
Jody Mamone,
Hartford Courant,
16 Mar. 2026
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Race officials were able to collar him and return him home unharmed.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Feb. 2026
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Banfield did glove the second one.—
C. Trent Rosecrans,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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Red-cheeked kids with runny noses held up hands to be gloved, and ski bros dropped tailgates to facilitate the intake of coffee with the task of buckling boots.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Feb. 2026
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But my ardor for Jake Skeets’s brilliant first book begins with the violence and beauty corralled on its front cover.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 Apr. 2026
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For the second time in the afternoon, Jake Burger couldn’t corral it.—
Evan Grant,
Dallas Morning News,
28 Mar. 2026
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This step absorbs odors trapped deep in the fibers and leaves your couch smelling noticeably fresh.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Kansas City Star,
6 Apr. 2026
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Cooling in two dimensions In a new set of experiments conducted by researchers at the University of Vienna, TU Wien, and Ulm University, the team trapped a nano-dumbbell rotor using a laser’s electric field.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Apr. 2026
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Ashe is a rocket ship that can’t be reined in, and watching the restrained, comparably rational Coop try to lasso him is reliably entertaining.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
2 Apr. 2026
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Red Bandana troubadour, braids like twin ropes lassoing eternity?—
Alex Suskind,
Pitchfork,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Halter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halter. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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