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as in to dress
to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes
they liked to clothe the twins in identical outfits just to confuse people
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as in to say
to convey in appropriate or telling terms
regulations clothed in obscure terminology
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Recent Examples of clothe
But, even surrounded by her perfect family — doting theater director husband Jacob (Antonio Banderas), plus teen daughters Isabel (Esther McGregor) and Nora (Vaughn Riley) — all clad in white, she’s distracted by Samuel.
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Fawnia Soo Hoo, refinery29.com, 25 Dec. 2024
Seattle, Washington Art Haus is a 2006 industrial-modern home comprising two rectangles, one clad in cedar and one clad in steel.
—The Week Staff, theweek, 24 Dec. 2024
One rumor covers a camera area clad in aluminum rather than glass, though it’s thought that the majority of the iPhone’s rear will still be made of glass.
—David Phelan, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Onstage, clad in Punjabi attire, Diljit was charming and assured, his every smile and twirl of his mustache setting the crowd into a wave of applause and cheers.
—Richard Trapunski, Billboard, 20 Dec. 2024
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Fawnia Soo Hoo, refinery29.com, 25 Dec. 2024
Seattle, Washington Art Haus is a 2006 industrial-modern home comprising two rectangles, one clad in cedar and one clad in steel.
—The Week Staff, theweek, 24 Dec. 2024
One rumor covers a camera area clad in aluminum rather than glass, though it’s thought that the majority of the iPhone’s rear will still be made of glass.
—David Phelan, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Onstage, clad in Punjabi attire, Diljit was charming and assured, his every smile and twirl of his mustache setting the crowd into a wave of applause and cheers.
—Richard Trapunski, Billboard, 20 Dec. 2024
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For a recent two-week stretch, the Blue Jackets opted to dress 11 forwards and make Labanc a healthy scratch, which had to sting.Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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Many were senior citizens and dressed in red, yellow and blue, answering Machado’s call to wear the colors of the Venezuelan flag.Regina Garcia Cano and Joshua Goodman, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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What To Know Authorities on Wednesday said 70,000 people are under evacuation orders in the Los Angeles area as wildfires burn through the region, and at least 28,000 structures are threatened.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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Threat level: More than 50,000 people received evacuation orders overnight as a result of the Eaton Fire, Angeles National Forest officials said.Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 9 Jan. 2025
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Still, many continue to express fears over the potential of losing TikTok.Mae Anderson, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
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Most red flag warnings have now expired, but meteorologists have expressed concern that strong winds will return.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
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Reliance Retail has about 12,000 stores across India and sells everything from smartphones to groceries to apparel through various eponymous brands, including Reliance Fresh, Reliance Digital and Reliance Trends.Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 11 Aug. 2021
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The rapper has partnered with an unusually diverse array of brands to churn out everything from food to apparel to toys and more.Kim Bhasin, Bloomberg.com, 8 Oct. 2020
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And so parents, many of whom cherish their children and want to show them love and affection, are forced to put them in nursing homes, sometimes hundreds of miles distant.Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
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This process essentially discharges the battery without allowing the electrons to be put to use.Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2025
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The film is pretty funny, in part because Grand Theft Auto is set up for killing, and random people — or whatever the players decided to costume their avatars as — can wander through and shoot someone without malice or forethought.Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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Reflecting on costuming the film, Phillips says working on the project was unlike any other she’s done so far.Christian Allaire, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2024
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Republicans heaped praise on Bondi and prodded her to articulate her plans to help secure the border and keep America safe from foreign threats.Kirby Wilson, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2025
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When emailing professors or researchers, students should be polite and professional, clearly articulating their own interests and goals before expressing their interest in contributing to whatever ongoing project the addressee may be conducting.Christopher Rim, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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However, Dylan has a way of phrasing himself in a way that can be teasingly hard to pin down.Tom Gliatto, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
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Ultimately, the 2024 election presents us with the opportunity to pick a definitive side in America's roiling cold civil war, which this column has often phrased as that between the forces of civilizational sanity and the forces of civilizational arson.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Clothe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clothe. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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