underdress

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Recent Examples of underdress Don’t underdress like London or New York. Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 6 Dec. 2025
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Verb
  • Communications, though, is something NASA needs to nail down as Orion had been outfitted to use NASA’s Deep Space Network, but will instead need to rely on an alternative for low-Earth orbit operations.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2026
  • The outfitting decision was simultaneously unnecessary and endearing.
    Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 12 May 2026
Verb
  • There are 18 mini games that can be tailored to a group’s wishes or selected at random.
    Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2026
  • Even in the United States, his student turned assistant Henry LeTang became the tap teacher to hundreds, from starlets needing tailoring to the great Gregory Hines.
    Brian Seibert, New Yorker, 13 May 2026
Verb
  • Halsey, ethereally draped in sheer white fabric, barely strayed from her post, receiving a steady procession of old friends throughout the night.
    Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 17 May 2026
  • Towering campaign images of Bella Hadid draped in Chopard diamonds wrap portions of the driveway, turning the arrival itself into a luxury advertising campaign.
    Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
Verb
  • Renovated in 2023, the traditional Goan style continues in guest rooms with parquet floors, cane weave chairs, antique-style wardrobes with mirrors and headboards, and furnished balconies or terraces.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 May 2026
  • The archways are furnished with sluice gates that can open to allow excess water to pass through in periods of flooding.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
Verb
  • After Cash’s Rick Rubin album, the audience—in New York, at least—was magically transformed into leather jacketed hipster boys working on starter mutton chops and Sarah Lawrence girls wearing gingham skirts and Frye boots, all of them claiming to have grown up on the stuff.
    Corey Seymour, Vogue, 12 June 2025
  • On December 31, the 24-year-old pop star attended Kelce's game against the Cincinnati Bengals wearing a slightly different version of the Chiefs letterman jacket her boyfriend wore on Christmas Day.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 1 Jan. 2024
Verb
  • Jones shared a clip of herself on the show, wearing a protective face mask and pulling the strapless embellished ivory gown out of the bag.
    Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
  • For the opening ceremony, Moore sported a sleek white column gown from the independent French designer’s Fall 2026 collection.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 12 May 2026

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“Underdress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underdress. Accessed 19 May. 2026.

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