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sweater

[swet-er] / ˈswɛt ər /
NOUN
knitted jacket or jersey
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An autumn collaboration between Dunkin’ and L.L.Bean includes a sweater for your coffee cup.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Princess Diana's sweater featuring a black sheep among rows of white ones was sold for £920,000 at an auction by Sotheby's in New York in 2023.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

He wears a baseball cap and an oversize brown sweater, tugging on the sleeves while he ponders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

She’s in a navy sweater; I’m starting to envy her knitwear.

From Slate ● May 10, 2026

Danny picked out a fuzzy green sweater and a pair of brown corduroy trousers.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

Knitting is no longer limited to making familiar items such as sweaters, hats, and blankets.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

Many wearing sweaters and thick coats, a reminder of the southern hemisphere winter from where they were coming, walked off the plane into the scorching Nigerian sun.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

Tattered sweaters, linen T-shirts, parachute shirts and “bondage suits” are printed with slogans that read “Only anarchists are pretty” and “Anarchist punk gang.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

Sometimes that meant embracing an almost retro preppiness, as Mill did when it came to the staff uniforms—polos and khakis for men, white tennis skirts and V-neck sweaters for women.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

They’d been talking about Sitti’s new obsession for black sweaters.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye



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