attire
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The encounter started with the Swiss wrestlers trading in their usual getups for Senegalese wrestling attire.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
Attendees are encouraged to wear their favorite Día de los Muertos attire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
David Jeroen and Sami Patrick are hard to miss amongst the stacked shelves in The Secret Bookshelf - they've donned their finest mythical attire for the evening, with crowns and elf ears included.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
At Future Proof’s first event in Huntington Beach, in 2022, about 1,600 people showed up, many of whom arrived in suits and other business attire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Though of excellent quality, his garments had seen much wear, and his cloak was purposely draped to hide his threadbare attire.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
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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
Afghan women wear such colorful and modest attires.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2021
"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
And now, ye wanton Loves, and young Desires, Pied Vanity, the mint of strange attires, Ye lisping Flatteries, and obsequious Glances, Relentful Musics, and attractive Dances, And you detested Charms constraining love!
From The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen
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
Our fashionably attired, urbanely equipped example cost just $57,276, out the door.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
The mostly female attendees range from 30 years old to over 70 and are attired in outfits including cutoffs, tank tops, straw fedoras and glamorous full-length dresses.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 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
They ought to have come a little sooner to have heard his lecture on dress, for they were splendidly attired in velvet, silk, and furs.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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"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
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He himself picked out the sumptuous long-skirted garments she was to wear and watched with the deepest interest the rather slow process of her attiring.
From In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim by Frances Hodgson Burnett
She sat on the mandolin box in shadow, vaguely sulking, until Madame La Tour, fresh from her swift attiring, stood at the top of the stairway.
From The Lady of Fort St. John by Mary Hartwell Catherwood
Soon Etienne was alone in a comfortable cell, and was attiring his person, a duty a Norman seldom neglected; nor did he despise the luxury of a bath, to the scorn of the un-laving natives.
From The Rival Heirs; being the Third and Last Chronicle of Aescendune by A. D. (Augustine David) Crake
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