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attire

[uh-tahyuhr] / əˈtaɪər /




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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

The shoes have endured because they’re comfortable and go well with formal and casual attire.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

A highlight: Striking poses in orange leather ensembles identical to the matching attire worn by Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner at the “Marty Supreme” premiere.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

The author’s fondness for masculine attire and habits—she enjoyed smoking cigars—has never ceased to generate ticklish speculation.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

After we had put on the new attire, we formed a horizontal line with legs apart and hands straight down at our sides.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah

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

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

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

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

He arrived at the big New York money management firm as formally attired as he had ever been in his entire life to find its partners in t-shirts and sweatpants.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

"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

She sat on the mandolin box in shadow, vaguely sulking, until Madame La Tour, fresh from her swift attiring, stood at the top of the stairway.

From The Lady of Fort St. John by Mary Hartwell Catherwood

The "Conqueror" part of it was added in recognition of Mr. Moller's habit of attiring himself for the class room as for an afternoon tea.

From Left Guard Gilbert by Edward C. Caswell

Then, attiring themselves in their richest robes of office, each took his seat on his ivory chair of magistracy in the gate-way of his house.

From Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris




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