business suit
noun
: a suit consisting of matching coat and trousers or coat and skirt and sometimes a vest
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Mark explained that some fabrics are better for business suits, others for leisure suits.
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Gary Shteyngart, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
Many of the male attendees at Monday’s swearing-in ceremony played things safe by wearing standard dark blue business suits.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 20 Jan. 2025
There was a joke or two about first-day-of-school outfits, which included business suits and for a couple of men, stretchy Lululemon trousers.
—Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2025
But a square hole at bottom right reveals a middle-aged couple in the distance, dressed in dark business suits.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2025
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Gary Shteyngart, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
Many of the male attendees at Monday’s swearing-in ceremony played things safe by wearing standard dark blue business suits.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 20 Jan. 2025
There was a joke or two about first-day-of-school outfits, which included business suits and for a couple of men, stretchy Lululemon trousers.
—Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2025
But a square hole at bottom right reveals a middle-aged couple in the distance, dressed in dark business suits.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for business suit
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“Business suit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/business%20suit. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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