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Examples of dress code in a Sentence
The school imposed a new dress code that forbids students from wearing jeans.
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Authorities have used the morality police to enforce the strict dress code in a crackdown since the protests that swept the country two years ago.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
The dress code was more expansive than vampires, but the vibes seemed similar.
—Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
Many other guests interpreted the black tie dress code and cleaned up nicely.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 30 Oct. 2024
Dozens of schools across more than 12 states have implemented Crocs bans, Bloomberg reported, including Lake City Elementary School in Georgia, which said in its dress code policy that students should wear closed-toe shoes, forbidding Crocs for safety reasons.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2024
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First Known Use
1961, in the meaning defined above
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“Dress code.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dress%20code. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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