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as in to dress
to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes
they liked to clothe the twins in identical outfits just to confuse people
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as in to say
to convey in appropriate or telling terms
regulations clothed in obscure terminology
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Recent Examples of clothe
As our conversation wraps, Ashe reenters the room — still clad in his prison-stripe pajamas — and wants to say goodbye to both me and his dad.
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William Earl, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
Set over four floors, the pad stuns right away with a striking entrance hall clad in Crema Luna limestone with views of the lush formal gardens.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 21 Nov. 2024
Anstead was clad in a similarly monochromatic look that featured a black t-shirt, black jeans and white sneakers.
—Ashley Hume, Fox News, 10 Nov. 2024
The clip shared on X—which used to be —showed the tot sat on the floor of a living room clad in a onesie.
—Julia Hunt, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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Pair it with jeans for a casual look or dress it up with a skirt or slip dress.Averi Baudler, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
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From tablecloths to ceramics, customers can’t seem to get enough of formally dressing their tables and serving surrealism in an elegant manner.Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 29 Nov. 2024
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Another key limitation, Hall and Manson said, was the lack of a true placebo group.Simon Spichak, Health, 28 Nov. 2024
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Salmon said Lester couldn't assist in his own defense in the criminal case.Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024
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India’s anti-monopolies regulator earlier this year expressed concern about a concentration of cricket rights in the hands of Reliance Industries (Viacom18, Jio) and Disney.Patrick Frater, Variety, 23 Nov. 2024
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Eight years after receiving the 911 call, Miller expressed her admiration for Jane Doe, calling her brave.Natalie Cardenas, ABC News, 22 Nov. 2024
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Reliance Retail has about 12,000 stores across India and sells everything from smartphones to groceries to apparel through various eponymous brands, including Reliance Fresh, Reliance Digital and Reliance Trends.Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 11 Aug. 2021
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The rapper has partnered with an unusually diverse array of brands to churn out everything from food to apparel to toys and more.Kim Bhasin, Bloomberg.com, 8 Oct. 2020
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This puts the watch in stark contrast to regular production watches we’re used to seeing, and shows Smith’s passion for machining and finishing every component in house.Blake Buettner, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2024
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This ambition puts Ledger on a collision course with tech behemoths like Apple and Google, whose password management services like iCloud Keychain and Google Password Manager are widely used.Nina Bambysheva, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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Burke's criticism extended to most aspects of the penultimate episode of the long-running reality competition program's recent season: from costuming, to music, to the video packages used to introduce each dance, to the dances themselves.Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 21 Nov. 2024
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The captain of the Disney Treasure is Voyager Minnie, a version of the character that is specially costumed for the cruise ship.Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 20 Nov. 2024
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In one particularly instructive moment, Wang articulates the differences between various economic structures and authoritarianism.Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
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She’s clearly gifted as a chef and has both a clear vision for her restaurant and the ability to articulate it.Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
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Ultimately, the 2024 election presents us with the opportunity to pick a definitive side in America's roiling cold civil war, which this column has often phrased as that between the forces of civilizational sanity and the forces of civilizational arson.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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Consider that the way the team phrased the QB dynamic after Wilson signed led Kenny Pickett to ask for a trade.Mike DeFabo, The Athletic, 24 Aug. 2024
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“Clothe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clothe. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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