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Recent Examples of overdress
Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Dec. 2017
Ruhama Wolle, Glamour, 17 Mar. 2025
Your salad can go from dressed to overdressed with excess juice.
—Elizabeth Mervosh, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2024
But there's some situations where showing up in a suit and tie would be overdressed.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2024
The 42-year-old EGOT winner took to the ice with Lipinski’s help in a recent segment on The Jennifer Hudson Show, even if Hudson was a touch overdressed for the proceedings.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 1 Dec. 2023
Back in the day, you could feasibly be left to your own devices and told to take your kid sister trick-or-treating while hundreds of kids roamed the neighborhood adult-free and the parents were completely sloshed and overdressed partying in some warehouse downtown.
—Sona Charaipotra, Parents, 11 Oct. 2023
Our biggest challenge was learning not to overdress on our inner layer.
—Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 23 Mar. 2021
While the movie is set in the 1940s, the tendency to overdress one’s children for cold weather is a timeless tradition.
—Fiorella Valdesolo, WSJ, 29 Oct. 2020
Hippos pile into a house—overdressed, with a guest, in a sack, through the back.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2019
Noun
All three were bogged down by degrees of overdress.
—Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Dec. 2017
Verb
But nothing kills a vibe faster than being overdressed at a dive bar—or underdressed at a swanky rooftop, for that matter.
—Ruhama Wolle, Glamour, 17 Mar. 2025
Your salad can go from dressed to overdressed with excess juice.
—Elizabeth Mervosh, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2024
But there's some situations where showing up in a suit and tie would be overdressed.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2024
The 42-year-old EGOT winner took to the ice with Lipinski’s help in a recent segment on The Jennifer Hudson Show, even if Hudson was a touch overdressed for the proceedings.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 1 Dec. 2023
Back in the day, you could feasibly be left to your own devices and told to take your kid sister trick-or-treating while hundreds of kids roamed the neighborhood adult-free and the parents were completely sloshed and overdressed partying in some warehouse downtown.
—Sona Charaipotra, Parents, 11 Oct. 2023
Our biggest challenge was learning not to overdress on our inner layer.
—Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 23 Mar. 2021
While the movie is set in the 1940s, the tendency to overdress one’s children for cold weather is a timeless tradition.
—Fiorella Valdesolo, WSJ, 29 Oct. 2020
Hippos pile into a house—overdressed, with a guest, in a sack, through the back.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overdress
Noun
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Explore boutiques like Amor & Rosas, known for kimonos embroidered by Chiapas collectives, and María Belen, offering handcrafted silver jewelry.—
Michaela Trimble,
Vogue,
28 Apr. 2025
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Every day, Instagram is flooded with countless carousels of girls roaming the streets of Tokyo in oversize denim jackets, or posing in kimonos on traditional tatami mats.—
Elena Clavarino,
Air Mail,
5 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Dabs of the coverage product under my eyes and on my post-acne hyperpigmentation go a long way, boosting my confidence and uniforming my skin tone in a way that no other product can.—
Humeara Mohamed,
refinery29.com,
1 Aug. 2024
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New 20th anniversary logos and merchandise go on sale Tuesday, but because of MLB guidelines, bigger changes to uniform designs and logos will have to wait a year or so.—
Joe Noga,
cleveland,
17 Jan. 2023
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Whether paired with leggings and a tank top for a day of sightseeing or dressed up with a breezy sundress, there’s no shortage of ways to style these sneakers for summer.—
Averi Baudler,
People.com,
18 May 2025
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But last year’s fashion was also an experiment in bolder colors, patterns, and textures, on and off the carpet, photographed in a bright yellow sundress, a satsuma-toned jumpsuit, Galliano-era Dior polka-dots, and a vintage Versace neon pink, yellow, and orange dress.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
17 May 2025
Verb
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Reliance Retail has about 12,000 stores across India and sells everything from smartphones to groceries to apparel through various eponymous brands, including Reliance Fresh, Reliance Digital and Reliance Trends.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN,
11 Aug. 2021
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The rapper has partnered with an unusually diverse array of brands to churn out everything from food to apparel to toys and more.—
Kim Bhasin,
Bloomberg.com,
8 Oct. 2020
Verb
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Audience members, some clad in MAGA caps, were largely supportive of Trump.—
Emma Whitford,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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The exchange doesn’t quite go as planned, and the kidnapper and his crew are way more organized and forward-planning than the detectives anticipated, repeatedly throwing them off the trail with decoys and swaps between motorcyclists all clad in the same head-to-toe black.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
19 May 2025
Noun
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Under Mogen's body, police found a Ka-Bar knife sheath, stamped with a United States Marine Corps logo and allegedly containing Kohberger's DNA on the snap.—
Michael Ruiz,
Fox News,
21 Mar. 2025
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In this case, investigators found a single source of male DNA on the button snap of a leather knife sheath left at the crime scene, according to a probable cause affidavit.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
1 May 2025
Verb
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Kardashian shared details from her graduation party, like her youngest son Psalm West dressed as a lawyer with a briefcase and lunch placemats depicting her flashcards from studying.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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That’s Damon Brown dressed as Professor X, and those Ghostbusters are Jason Paul, Brandon Sims, Charles Johnson and Mathew Woods, members of the Central Arkansas Ghostbusters Facebook group.—
Sean Clancy,
Arkansas Online,
22 May 2025
Noun
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In President Donald Trump’s idealized framing, the United States was at its zenith in the 1890s, when top hats and shirtwaists were fashionable and typhoid fever often killed more soldiers than combat.—
Will Weissert,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Mar. 2025
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About 18 years ago, thick poison ivy covered 64 headstones in Staten Island’s Baron Hirsch Cemetery, including the one belonging to Beckie Neubauer, a 19-year-old Austrian immigrant who died in the Triangle shirtwaist factory fire.—
Maria Cramer,
New York Times,
16 Feb. 2025
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“Overdress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overdress. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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