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Recent Examples of underwear There is a unique challenge to playing a guy who wears his underwear on the outside and can fly. EW.com, 17 June 2025 So, basically, underwear is a purchase that men can put off when hard times hit. Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 10 June 2025 Surveillance video showed the man breaking into the store, then taking bras and underwear from the women’s clothing section, according to deputies. Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 6 June 2025 Nude but for white underwear, Diane Arbus regards herself in a full-length mirror, which slants to the right. Max Norman, New Yorker, 13 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for underwear
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Noun
  • Some big companies have emerged from the Inc. 5000 to become prominent stalwarts of American capitalism, from Microsoft to Meta, Yeti, Patagonia and Timberland, but also including Kim Kardashian’s underclothing line Skims, and cookware maker Hexclad.
    David Bloom, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
  • When found the body was clad only in the underclothing, stockings and black satin high-heeled slippers.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2023
Noun
  • Several other analysts sprinkled their response to the earnings call with optimistic observations about Super, who has led the lingerie shop since last September and was hired to revamp a brand that has spent the past six years careening from one disaster to the next.
    Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 28 June 2025
  • Taking a break from Brat green, Charli opted for a Barbie pink U-plunge bra and thong from lingerie brand Fleur du Mal.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 25 June 2025

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“Underwear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underwear. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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