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lapel

[luh-pel] / ləˈpɛl /








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In contrast, her meetings with Pierre, who designed many of her looks for the inauguration, focus on finer details - an eighth of a inch on a collar or the cut of a lapel.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

In Armani's refined yet relaxed collection, some men sported a tie pin on their jacket lapel, while male and female models wore matching sparkling brooches.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

Someone knelt down and clipped a microphone to her lapel, a few inches from the crucifix that dangled from her neck.

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2025

He has been but a speck of lint on the Lakers’ lapel, a bit of dust at the end of the Lakers’ bench, a small and irrelevant bystander in the Lakers’ long and arduous journey.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2025

She patted a Paragon pin on her lapel; the golden mouth smiled back at Ella.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton