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Recent Examples of hosiery
For the first few decades of its existence, the center trained skilled laborers for jobs in the scads of textile mills across North Carolina, producing everything from hosiery to towels to upholstery.
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Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 18 Nov. 2025
But that certainly didn’t stop the critics from nitpicking everything from her rocking sleeveless dresses to not wearing hosiery.
—Essence, 7 Nov. 2025
Plus, more shoe adjacency offerings such as hosiery, eyewear, cold weather accessories, and handbags, primarily focused on the beaded trend.
—Roxanne Robinson, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Threads & Legs: 660 Woodward Ave., No. 15 (in the First National Building)
Threads & Legs, a women’s clothing and hosiery boutique, is offering a free pair of Detroit Lions earrings with any purchase this Black Friday, while supplies last.
—Adrienne Roberts, Freep.com, 22 May 2025
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Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 18 Nov. 2025
But that certainly didn’t stop the critics from nitpicking everything from her rocking sleeveless dresses to not wearing hosiery.
—Essence, 7 Nov. 2025
Plus, more shoe adjacency offerings such as hosiery, eyewear, cold weather accessories, and handbags, primarily focused on the beaded trend.
—Roxanne Robinson, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Threads & Legs: 660 Woodward Ave., No. 15 (in the First National Building)
Threads & Legs, a women’s clothing and hosiery boutique, is offering a free pair of Detroit Lions earrings with any purchase this Black Friday, while supplies last.
—Adrienne Roberts, Freep.com, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hosiery
Noun
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Kempczinski said McDonald’s sold 50 million pairs of Grinch socks with those meals in the first few days of the promotion, briefly making the company the largest seller of socks in the world.—
Dee-Ann Durbin,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Feb. 2026
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Some of the monks have walked barefoot or in socks during parts of the journey, to feel the ground directly and be present in the moment.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Earlier this week at a photo call in London, Robbie also dipped her toe into the late 1700s by way of a John Galliano brocade frock coat styled with a black mini skirt, thigh-high scarlet red stockings and satin Manolo Blahnik pumps.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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Margot Robbie’s red thigh-high stockings are more than just a nod to the Victorian boudoir—though that element is definitely present.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Also planned are an 8- to-10-foot-wide synthetic turf strip, hose bibs, drinking fountains, boulders and log agility features.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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Double-check the hose length before purchase and know that a little too long is better than a little too short.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Hosiery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hosiery. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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