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plaid

[plad] / plæd /
ADJECTIVE
checkered
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With tunic silhouettes, collars, ruffles, plaid and stripes, the pieces are a new playful summer uniform.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

The store’s front facade was wrapped in a giant plaid scarf made of 126,000 twinkling Christmas lights.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

What you see onstage is what you get: four ordinary men in plaid shirts, comfy pants and sensible shoes.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2025

David, new, in the plaid pants, didn’t have a Signal name yet.

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2025

Jenna, cross-legged on a blue plaid blanket on the sand.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson




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