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Recent Examples of chemise
Not long afterward, Gaye took their teenage daughter to Victoria’s Secret in search of a silk chemise.
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Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 22 Aug. 2024
Bedhead PJs Bedhead PJs’ 2024 Mother’s Day collection includes pajama sets, robes, and chemises in several lovely patterns.
—Phoebe Sklansky, Parents, 26 Apr. 2024
She is dressed in a white chemise that falls off one shoulder.
—Washington Post, 24 May 2023
From the days of slip dresses in Y2K rom-coms like Thirteen Going on Thirty to Addison’s 2023 chemise, the lingerie-as-fashion trend has seen a major comeback.
—Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 14 Feb. 2023
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Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 22 Aug. 2024
Bedhead PJs Bedhead PJs’ 2024 Mother’s Day collection includes pajama sets, robes, and chemises in several lovely patterns.
—Phoebe Sklansky, Parents, 26 Apr. 2024
She is dressed in a white chemise that falls off one shoulder.
—Washington Post, 24 May 2023
From the days of slip dresses in Y2K rom-coms like Thirteen Going on Thirty to Addison’s 2023 chemise, the lingerie-as-fashion trend has seen a major comeback.
—Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 14 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chemise
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The new women’s collection included double-face fabrics, a linen, and a mohair and wool fabric, while the designs were inspired by Japanese kimonos, made on a jacquard loom.—
Andrea Onate,
WWD,
10 Feb. 2025
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While entire spaces in bold colors are not traditional, Yoshida points to kimonos and historic Japanese screens as examples of color, pattern, and movement.—
Kristina McGuirk,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Jan. 2025
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The floral sundress features orange and yellow bouquets, with snaking skyward straps that stand to attention all by themselves—sans wind—and a jaunty hem.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
23 Feb. 2025
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Her hair in little pigtails, a little yellow sundress.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
Fox News,
27 Jan. 2025
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State investigators went on to discover DNA on the sheath, which, after analysis that included FBI assistance, later came back as a statistical match to Kohberger, police and prosecutors allege.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
22 Feb. 2025
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First, Defendant abandoned any privacy interest in his DNA by disclaiming knowledge or ownership of the sheath from which the DNA was extracted.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
20 Feb. 2025
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Eventually, Wiggins got to the line with 45.4 seconds to play in regulation on a three-shot foul, converting all three free throws to close scoring in regulation in a 107-107 tie, with Adebayo off on a jumper just before the regulation buzzer.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Feb. 2025
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Dylan Nguyen’s layup on the fastbreak tied it and Sisay’s baseline jumper put Milpitas on top.—
Glenn Reeves,
The Mercury News,
22 Feb. 2025
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Sometimes it’s called a housedress.—
Rachel King,
Fortune,
2 Nov. 2020
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My answer: the housedress.—
Fiorella Valdesolo,
WSJ,
9 June 2020
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About 18 years ago, thick poison ivy covered 64 headstones in Staten Island’s Baron Hirsch Cemetery, including the one belonging to Beckie Neubauer, a 19-year-old Austrian immigrant who died in the Triangle shirtwaist factory fire.—
Maria Cramer,
New York Times,
16 Feb. 2025
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One day in March of 1911—the same month as the infamous Triangle shirtwaist factory fire in New York City that trapped and killed 146 workers—a woman named Alice Hamilton arrived at the Sangamon Street works, a lead-smelting plant on Chicago’s East Side, and asked to take a look around.—
Daniel Stone,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 Feb. 2025
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Lady Eliza opted for a black and white cocktail minidress, featuring a black satin fabric with short-cap sleeves.—
Julia Teti,
WWD,
21 Feb. 2025
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Earlier in the month, the stars stepped out in New York City wearing cool winter outfits, with Hailey in a leather trench coat styled as a minidress and Justin in a cropped trench paired with a gray sweater wrapped around his waist and black trousers.—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
19 Feb. 2025
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The singer hosted the European Music Awards in everything from a hair-raising strapless strapless dress to a sheer hooded muumuu and Kiki boots.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
27 Dec. 2024
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In a second Instagram post from the event, Jennifer Lopez is pictured with musician Sia, who wears a brightly colored and chaotically patterned muumuu with equally vibrant sneakers and a voluminous floral headdress.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
4 Oct. 2023
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“Chemise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chemise. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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