dress code

noun

: formally or socially imposed standards of dress

Examples of dress code in a Sentence

The school imposed a new dress code that forbids students from wearing jeans.
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For a long time, the NBA thrived as an institution rooted in sponsorships and the intersection of orderly conduct, meaning no cursing, no taunting, no fighting and no breaking the dress code. Tiana Randall, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025 Changes include: having mass once a week rather than once a month, tightening dress code restrictions and replacing the history class with a philosophy class. Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 11 Feb. 2025 Clarke cited a senior leadership team composed of 69% women and employee policies such as a flexible dress code as examples of how Francesca’s centers inclusivity. Russell Leung, CNBC, 7 Feb. 2025 Heeled Knee-High Boots Depending on your job’s dress code, a pair of knee-high boots with a skirt set or even a sleek dress would come across as office siren-coded. Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 6 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dress code

Word History

First Known Use

1961, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dress code was in 1961

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“Dress code.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dress%20code. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.

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