attire
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He shows a meme featuring former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo in traditional attire, standing with his hands on his hips and staring deadpan into the camera.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Suzanne Lenglen, an Olympic gold medalist and winner of eight Grand Slam tournaments in singles, was the first to shed the garden-party attire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
In the case of Bessette’s wedding attire, one of Mance’s assistants found a swatch of fabric from her Narciso Rodriguez silk slip gown, which they were able to remake using the exact material.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
The shoes have endured because they’re comfortable and go well with formal and casual attire.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
As Gwydion helped him rise, Taran still stared in disbelief at the simple attire and the worn, lined face.
From "The Book of Three" 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
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
Sometimes the emperor attires himself in the uniform of a colonel of the Hussar regiment which he commanded at the time of his accession to the throne.
From The Secret Memoirs of the Courts of Europe: William II, Germany; Francis Joseph, Austria-Hungary, Volume I. (of 2) by Mme. la Marquise de Fontenoy
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
The opera opens in the real world, as drably attired villagers assemble marigold- and candle-festooned Day of the Dead altars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 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
A key hallmark of Murphy’s status is his voluminous gallery of offbeat characters — an impeccably attired prison convict, a clumsy professor, a wisecracking donkey, an elderly Jewish man and even an obese, abusive wife.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2025
Like Burr, Hamilton was properly attired and also carried himself with a similar air of gentlemanly diffidence.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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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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The merchants should keep their wives from visiting the upper rooms too often, lest they tire their purses by attiring themselves....
From Old and New London Volume I by Walter Thornbury
It seemed rather hard that Graham and Jack, attiring themselves in garments so old as barely to be presentable should yet be designated by a term of such unbounded contempt.
From Peggy Raymond's Vacation or Friendly Terrace Transplanted by Harriet L.
She hurried in her attiring, and uttered engrossed commands.
From The Fifth Queen Crowned by Ford Madox Ford
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