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Recent Examples of pinstripe
The first was photographed during her appearance on Watch What Happens Live and showed her in a silver and black pinstripe suit.
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Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
That sort of very pre-1920s tailoring with the pinstripe, the very straight leg—clean and classic.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 27 Jan. 2026
Her fashionable purple pinstripe dress is purposefully flowy, loose-fitting and short-sleeved, a nod to how some people with autism prefer to keep fabric from touching their skin as much as possible.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 12 Jan. 2026
The doll wears a loose-fitting purple pinstripe A-line dress with short sleeves and a flowy skirt to limit fabric-to-skin contact.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 12 Jan. 2026
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Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
That sort of very pre-1920s tailoring with the pinstripe, the very straight leg—clean and classic.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 27 Jan. 2026
Her fashionable purple pinstripe dress is purposefully flowy, loose-fitting and short-sleeved, a nod to how some people with autism prefer to keep fabric from touching their skin as much as possible.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 12 Jan. 2026
The doll wears a loose-fitting purple pinstripe A-line dress with short sleeves and a flowy skirt to limit fabric-to-skin contact.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 12 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pinstripe
Noun
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Her liberty cap bears stars and stripes, at once a symbol of our burgeoning Nation and a reference to early American coinage.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
14 Mar. 2026
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Bam paraded to the stripe and accepted their charity.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
14 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Investigators later said the nightclub blaze may have been ignited by sparklers attached to champagne bottles that set fire to soundproofing materials on the ceiling, rapidly spreading flames through the crowded venue.—
Claire Carter,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Mar. 2026
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Firefighters battled a blaze after an Iranian drone strike in the industrial city of Ruwais, home to petrochemical plants, officials said.—
DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS,
Arkansas Online,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Fraser Minten, who had hit a post in the first period, clanged the crossbar on a redirect just as a power play had expired and the sides went into the third in a 0-0 deadlock.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
11 Mar. 2026
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Su Yu-hsuan gave Taiwan the lead before Manisha Kalyan's free kick off the crossbar brought India back into the contest.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Zendaya first sparked wedding rumors last month when she was spotted with a gold band in place of her usual rock, though fans were unsure if the actor had simply turned her ring towards her palm or switched to a simpler ring to keep the real one safe.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
16 Mar. 2026
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Much of Sunday night featured a baseball game played in the middle of a concert put on by a dozen marching bands playing at 100 birthday parties.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Pinstripe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinstripe. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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