dress up

Example Sentences

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Funders, by contrast, dress up their investments as prepaid forwards and claim capital gains treatment, lowering their top federal tax rate to 23.8% while exempting foreign funders from U.S. taxes entirely.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Trump loves to dress up in white tie and tails to hob-nob with the royals.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

One party source describes it as "tortoise and hare - maybe one day Ed will even dress up as a tortoise".

From BBC • May 2, 2026

Experts say the trend has been accelerated by the shift to remote work in recent years — in effect, why dress up if you’re not leaving the house?

From MarketWatch • Feb. 26, 2026

After all, he is “company” in a way, and I thought I should dress up a bit.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien