attire
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Standing in a holding pen for inmates, wearing orange jail attire, Holdo looked back at Savery almost admiringly, at times bowing his head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
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
The shoes have endured because they’re comfortable and go well with formal and casual attire alike.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 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
We take wedding attire as seriously as Anna Wintour takes the Met Gala.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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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
In the bright silent instant Stephen saw his own image in cheap dusty mourning between their gay attires.
From Ulysses by James Joyce
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
Mr. Barnes uses his neatly attired Englishness as camouflage for narrative experimentation and legerdemain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 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
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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And who can wonder? he was a guest from necessity, not choice, he neither chose the fashion of his coming, or that of his attiring.
From Theological Essays by Charles Bradlaugh
The dowager was in her chamber, attiring herself in haste.
From Elster's Folly by Mrs. Henry Wood
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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