waistband

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Recent Examples of waistband Made from premium stretch denim, the jeans’ signature high-rise waistband slims the figure, smoothing and sculpting with every movement. Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2025 Underwear options feature new seamless technology, including the Infinity Bond waistband, designed to improve comfort and mobility. Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025 The brand’s Go Walk Pant is a sleek style of activewear designed for movement (or cozy lounge days), with a double-layer compression waistband, pockets, a mid-rise fit, and semi-flare hem. Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2025 Perez-Engel then allegedly took the knife from his waistband and ran north on North Oak Trafficway. Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for waistband
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Noun
  • Juno orbits Jupiter once every 33 days, and the trajectory brings the spacecraft through intense radiation belts trapped by the planet's powerful magnetic field.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
  • In the other corner, Crawford has an undefeated 41-0 record, including 31 knockouts, and has held world championship belts in four different weight classes.
    Ben Morse, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • On the flip side, some influencers have posted images of them wearing Skims' retro girdle as a sole outfit, subverting the 1950s connotation of undergarments as visible only to one's husband, said Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, professor of gender at Case Western Reserve University.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 10 July 2025
  • The old oil town, with its beige parking garages that form a girdle around nondescript towers in gray and black — Bank of Oklahoma, Cherokee Federal — was exactly the kind of American city that filled me with dread.
    Andrew Moore, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Location Anchored between Blackfriars Bridge and the Tate Modern, Sea Containers is a front-row perch to London’s cultural tide—where the Thames unfurls like a silver sash, ferries gliding past in a daily ballet of commuters and sightseers.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Leni walked the carpet in a black version of the gown, but without the sash across her body and with straps.
    Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Korby attempts to object, only to be turned into a bulldog (wearing a fetching cummerbund).
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 24 July 2025
  • The collection featured sarongs layered over trousers, silk waistcoats paired with boxing shorts, and traditional cummerbunds — in mint or hot pink — added to more casual silhouettes.
    Alice Pfeiffer, CNN Money, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • Nearby balconies were draped with black ribbons.
    D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • This inexpensive and easy craft just requires a small chalkboard, a little extra paint, and a pretty ribbon.
    Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • His hypnotic dance with a marching band in the finale cemented Milchick as both comic relief and a sinister presence — a balance that earned Tillman his first Emmy nomination and win.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 15 Sep. 2025
  • And even in recent interviews given to promote the residency’s resumption, other band members were cagey about exactly what went down, before Neil himself let the cat out of the bag.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The pocket detail is repeated on denim midi skirts with front slits and self-belts.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 13 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Vestments: amice, alb, cincture, and simple white miter.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
  • The institution has a lot of baggage, as any organization with nearly two millennia and a few crusades under its cincture is bound to have.
    J.P. Brammer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025

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“Waistband.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waistband. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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