Thesaurus results for WAISTBAND

waistband

noun

Definition of waistband

as in belt

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Recent Examples of waistband The elastic waistband is stretchy rather than constricting, and the swishy material allows for plenty of airflow. — Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 1 Aug. 2026 The victim told investigators that McKinney then removed a handgun from his waistband, pointed it and waved it toward the windshield while continuing to threaten her. — Nikiya Carrero, CBS News, 31 July 2026 The waistband is nice and stretchy, and the leg is wide and breezy, with those pleats adding a beautiful drape. — Kaelin Dodge, InStyle, 31 July 2026 Williams was unarmed, with a water bottle in his waistband, police later determined. — Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 30 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for waistband

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Noun

Saturday produced zero title changes across six matches, so Corbin's win was the first belt to move all weekend.

— Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Asteroid mining is also mentioned as a potential opportunity, which would entail extracting metals and other critical resources from near-Earth and main-belt asteroids.

— Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of belt

Noun

In addition to the photobooks, the installation included a pair of headphones playing Radiohead’s 1997 album OK Computer, along with two replicas of Andy Warhol’s post-shooting girdle.

— Theo Belci, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Few actresses at the time said no to wearing girdles, says Haspiel.

— KC Baker, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026

Definition of girdle

Noun

Violet Spurgeon wears a yellow dress, a rainbow sash, a tiara and a pair of boxing gloves with her name printed across them.

— Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026
The silhouette of this design, created by Victor Edelstein—one of her favorite designers—flattered her figure thanks to the black sash that accentuated her waist and the dress’s strong shoulders.

— Marta Martínez Tato, Vanity Fair, 24 July 2026

Definition of sash

Noun

Communications with the chip that holds the qubits are handled by a superconducting ribbon cable.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 29 July 2026
The sky was alive with millions of fluttering shapes, congregating into clouds at random, occasionally turning into ribbons that wound through the trees.

— David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026

Definition of ribbon

Noun

Jupiter showed cloud bands and its Great Red Spot could be seen just slipping off the edge, with three of its moons also in the field.

— Damian Peach, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Chamblee Rocks This season’s Chamblee Rocks series concludes with a Boy Band Review, paying tribute to the biggest hits from the boy bands of the ’90s and early 2000s, including ‘N Sync, Backstreet Boys and New Kids on the Block.

— Mary Caldwell, AJC.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of band

Noun

But whereas weaker seasons have relied on this feeding loop to the point of exhaustion, overemphasizing one side or the other, this time, new challenges keep emerging, giving personality quirks new angles through which to be reflected.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2026
Solar prominences One of the most surprising aspects of witnessing a total solar eclipse is a view of prominences during totality, bright pink spikes or loops that appear around the moon's silhouette.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 3 Aug. 2026

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