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Recent Examples of lingerie
While summer travel continues to dominate searches, consumers are thinking about transitional pieces like lightweight trench coats (up 106 percent) and silk lingerie (up 99 percent) to be worn as outerwear or as layering pieces.
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Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 29 Aug. 2025
Six-foot-four drag queens dancing on the bar in lingerie with tampon strings coming out of their bottom ends.
—Pat Blashill, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
In new photos from a Beckham family yacht trip off the coast of Italy, Victoria seemed to shirk traditional bathing suit cover ups in favor of wearing sheer, lacy lingerie over her black bikini during a family yacht trip off the coast Italy.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 23 Aug. 2025
English continues to model and has appeared in ads for NightLift lingerie and Ray-Ban.
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 29 Aug. 2025
Six-foot-four drag queens dancing on the bar in lingerie with tampon strings coming out of their bottom ends.
—Pat Blashill, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
In new photos from a Beckham family yacht trip off the coast of Italy, Victoria seemed to shirk traditional bathing suit cover ups in favor of wearing sheer, lacy lingerie over her black bikini during a family yacht trip off the coast Italy.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 23 Aug. 2025
English continues to model and has appeared in ads for NightLift lingerie and Ray-Ban.
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lingerie
Noun
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Bobo’s own mother drinks late into the night, and frequently passes out in a silky negligee, clutching a machine gun.—
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
12 July 2025
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The image became so indelible that the negligee Simon wore was included in her exhibit at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame when she was inducted in 2022.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
18 June 2025
Noun
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Soon after, an army of local women show up, strip a wary Julia of her gown and pray over her naked belly before dressing her in a new nightie and easing her down onto the bed.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
5 Sep. 2025
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The picture was initially displayed at Vigée Le Brun’s first-ever exhibition at the prestigious Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in 1783, though the exposing nature of the queen’s nightie was deemed too inappropriate for public viewership and quickly removed.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
29 July 2025
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“Lingerie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lingerie. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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