as in clothing
covering for the human body
needed some snazzy attire for the job interview
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as in to dress
to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes
men attired in tuxedos for the awards banquet
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Recent Examples of attire
Helen Holmes, ARTnews.com, 19 Nov. 2024
After the ceremony, Coach and Amazon Fashion hosted an official afterparty at the famed Central Park Boathouse where those in attendance flaunted gorgeous designer-brand attire.
—Christopher Murray, Fox News, 6 Nov. 2024
Will Daniel, Fortune, 26 June 2024
An avid tennis fan and patron of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Kate usually attends the tournament’s major matches, always impeccably attired, and hands out trophies to winners.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 10 June 2024
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Noun
The party guests—the artist-honorees and their partners, collectors, museum trustees, funders, and hangers-on—were clad in their finest evening attire, clinking champagne flutes and posing for pictures at a pre-dinner reception on The Shed’s fourth floor.
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Folks attired in sneakers, T-shirts, and baseball caps take aim at a choice of seven dartboards.
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Such strong margins are largely driven by the company's emphasis on high-value clothing that is inexpensive to produce relative to its premium pricing.GuruFocus, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Ghana is one of Africa’s leading importers of used clothing.Francis Kokutse, Los Angeles Times, 27 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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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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In one video, the heiress — clad head-to-toe in bright pink — could be seen mouthing the words while riding on a mini electric scooter suitcase around a large green Christmas tree filled with pink baubles.Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
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The playroom, located just beside the main sitting room, is presided over by a mischievous vintage Polish circus poster from Projekt 26 and outfitted with an upholstered sofa nook clad in Josef Frank’s fantastical Vegetable Tree print.Katherine Burns Olson, Architectural Digest, 27 Nov. 2024
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For Fell, elements of relatability came through both costuming and styling choices like Elphaba’s microbraids, a common hairstyle for Black women, and the film’s political undertones.Tamia Fowlkes, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2024
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All this collectively led me to the world of costuming.Essence, Essence, 2 Dec. 2024
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Rabanne’s pioneering work redefined conventional notions about materials in apparel design.Fairchild Studio, WWD, 7 Dec. 2024
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In the Venn diagram showing the places where apparel overlap, there is a sliver where the two are the same thing.Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Donna has continued the wear the piece for months, since Swift released the album earlier this year.Hedy Phillips, People.com, 1 Dec. 2024
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Age discrimination, the shock of job displacement, and the ordinary wear tear that comes from work (The Jackal got knocked off a horse; was strung up by his arms; and stayed still under a floor grate for about 24 hours.Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
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“Attire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attire. Accessed 12 Dec. 2024.
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