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gown

[goun] / gaʊn /
NOUN
robe, dress
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He wore an all-white suit in the video, while his wife, singer Ashanti, donned a sparkling gown.

From Barron's Jul. 4, 2026

The series had just premiered its seventh episode in a packed theater, during which she wore a long red gown.

From Salon Jun. 25, 2026

"It's not just the haircut, it's the sensory issue of the hair falling on them and the gown, and using clippers is also a big thing," Caroline adds.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

In the family living room, Wilber’s cap and gown hang on the wall next to a Virgin Mary altar.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

Once in place, they sat perfectly still for a moment, and then the fabric of her gown came alive.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

In the meantime, the AI gowns and Easter-egg hunts will have to suffice.

From Salon Jul. 9, 2026

At a makeshift morgue in the quake-hit Venezuelan port of La Guaira, forensic experts in blue gowns and caps picked their way through dozens of bodies laid out in bags under the sun.

From Barron's Jun. 29, 2026

The boys gathered on an Ipswich, Mass., beach to celebrate their high-school graduation, some with medals draped over their black gowns.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

Fewer shoppers means the Galvezes now have a surplus of quinceañera ball gowns.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 7, 2026

And yes, they were underclothes, but she and Ruby and Sparrow preferred them to the alternative: the gowns.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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