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attire

[uh-tahyuhr] / əˈtaɪər /




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The shoes have endured because they’re comfortable and go well with formal and casual attire alike.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

With his elevated speech, tony air and throwback attire, he’s like someone from another era; you could see him as one of Jay Gatsby’s pals or a bon vivant who drops by on “Downton Abbey.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

Striking the right balance in professional attire can be a delicate combination of expressing personal style and “reading the room.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Rescuers and workers, some wearing hard hats but most in everyday attire, helped carry bodies out of the concrete tunnel, some covered in black soot.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

I liked him all the better for his plain attire and the easy manner he put on with it.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

The people who showed up at the Harris rally came in clusters, some families and some groups of friends, all of different ages, races and attires.

From Salon Aug. 8, 2024

When the cruise company told some of them that at least 250 Newfoundlander couples were already booked, many brought their flags and traditional attires to celebrate the island's heritage on board.

From BBC Apr. 19, 2024

"This would be a colorful Rajasthan wedding, and both Brand and Perry would be attired in Indian wedding attires," Singh said.

From Seattle Times Oct. 21, 2010

Toni-Leslie James’s carnivalesque costumes provide the only touches of color, and they are limited to the attires of Mr. Bones and Mr. Tambo.

From New York Times Mar. 11, 2010

I'll show thee some attires, and have thy counsel Which is the best to furnish me to-morrow.

From Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare

Ehis now has a master's degree in international business and says it was important to mark the occasion properly attired, even if it can be financially difficult.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

In one of the more arguably iconic sequences, David Byrne and his band — all attired in bright blue uniforms — appeared Tuesday to perform the Talking Heads anthem “Burning Down the House.”

From Los Angeles Times May 22, 2026

Our fashionably attired, urbanely equipped example cost just $57,276, out the door.

From The Wall Street Journal May 16, 2026

“We believe Cook is a hall-of-fame CEO, and he will be CEO for at least the next two years,” says the ever-colorfully attired Dan Ives of Wedbush Securities.

From Barron's Dec. 18, 2025

‘Our friends were attired even as we are,’ said Aragorn; ‘and you passed us by under the full light of day.’

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

"They were seeing themselves as individuals and set themselves apart," said Wendi Ferreira of the styling duo Wendi and Nicole, who are attiring Oyelowo, Channing Tatum and Chris Pine for the Oscars.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 19, 2015

Pledging eternal faithfulness, Frankie proceeds to support Johnnie, attiring him in "hundred-dollar" suits.

From Time Magazine Archive

And who can wonder? he is a guest from necessity, not choice, he neither chose the fashion of his coming or his attiring.

From A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays by Charles Bradlaugh

After enjoying a luxurious bath, and attiring himself in a suit of snowy-white gear, Frank descended to the dining-room.

From Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California by H. M. (Henry Marriott) Paget

Chests of treasure were broken open, and the gorgeous robes of the priests dragged forth, many of the mob attiring themselves in them.

From The Golden Grasshopper A story of the days of Sir Thomas Gresham by William Henry Giles Kingston




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