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attire

[uh-tahyuhr] / əˈtaɪər /




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"On the whole I see a positive trend in the operations of the troop groupings," Putin told army leaders Friday, dressed in military attire.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

As for her attire, it was professional, but not something I would wear.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

When he came on the stage shortly after 8pm, dressed in traditional attire, the stadium erupted and the screams barely stopped for the next two-and-a-bit hours.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

From the new world, a bird-shaped jar wears women’s attire from the Moche culture and a bottle is emblazoned with a fearsome fox warrior.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

The average teenager was willing to wear very uncomfortable attire.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan

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

About this time he instituted the Order of the Garter, and his tournaments were thronged with gay knights and gayer ladies in gorgeous attires.

From A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII by Samuel Rawson Gardiner

One Swiss visitor recorded Elizabeth as “most lavishly attired in a gown of pure white satin, gold-embroidered, with a whole bird of paradise for panache, set forward on her head studded with costly jewels.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

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

“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

Spassky was seated in the first row, elegantly attired in a gray-checked vested suit.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

"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

And who can wonder? he is a guest from necessity, not choice, he neither chose the fashion of his coming or his attiring.

From A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays by Charles Bradlaugh

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

Tom was attiring himself in his Sunday best.

From Left End Edwards by C. M. (Charles Mark) Relyea


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