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Recent Examples of lingerie
There's action, there's controversy, and there's lingerie.
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Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
This element of permanence is exciting to Stark, who has created looks for Beyoncé and has her own, body-positive line of lingerie called Panty.
—CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
This element of permanence is exciting to Stark, who has created looks for Beyoncé and has her own, body-positive line of lingerie called Panty.
—ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
Emma Roberts wore a pair of itty-bitty lingerie shorts while attending Revolve Festival on April 11.
—Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 12 Apr. 2026
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Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
This element of permanence is exciting to Stark, who has created looks for Beyoncé and has her own, body-positive line of lingerie called Panty.
—CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
This element of permanence is exciting to Stark, who has created looks for Beyoncé and has her own, body-positive line of lingerie called Panty.
—ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
Emma Roberts wore a pair of itty-bitty lingerie shorts while attending Revolve Festival on April 11.
—Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 12 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lingerie
Noun
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Intent on payback, Bernadine strips all of his clothing from the closet and begins tossing them into his BMW, power-walking between the closet and the vehicle in just a robe and a negligee, carting each load of belongings in a child’s wagon.—
Niela Orr,
New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2025
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Notably, while Fiyero is shirtless, Elphaba instead puts on the chunky knit over a knit negligee.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
3 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Cult London nightie brand If Only If offers cotton options in wafty whites or ginghams; and Bocan’s range of silk slips and robes in both demure and rich colors are handmade by artisans in the family’s atelier in Bursa, Turkey.—
CNT Editors,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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Soon after, an army of local women show up, strip a wary Julia of her gown and pray over her naked belly before dressing her in a new nightie and easing her down onto the bed.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Lingerie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lingerie. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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