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as in livery
the distinctive clothing worn by members of a particular group the band uniform was brown with red and white stripes

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as in unchanging
not varying with flat-screen TVs, picture sharpness is uniform over the entire screen, even in the corners

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uniform

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verb

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Recent Examples of uniform
Noun
On Talanoa Hufanga’s return: I was just pumped to get Huf out there in uniform. Michael Nowels, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024 This is the vanilla approach Derek Jeter made famous while wearing a Yankees uniform. Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 7 Dec. 2024
Adjective
That’s because turkey farming is incredibly uniform, with companies using generally the same practices and the same breed — the Broad Breasted White turkey — that’s been bred without regard for their suffering. Kenny Torrella, Vox, 26 Nov. 2024 This helps organizations align with best practices and ensures a uniform approach to cybersecurity. Rishit Lakhani, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Verb
Baking creme brûlée in a Bain Marie/water bath insures gentle, uniform heat around the custards. Rita Nader Heikenfeld, The Enquirer, 25 Nov. 2022 Add drained chickpeas to tahini sauce and continue to process until chickpeas are completely blended into tahini and hummus is smooth and uniform in color, about 3 minutes. Kitty Greenwald, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2022 See all Example Sentences for uniform 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uniform
Noun
  • The sponsorship landscape has unsurprisingly changed, and bringing back such a historically significant livery requires more than just fond memories.
    Aron Solomon, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Majors was previously convicted on two accounts of misdemeanor assault in December 2023 for assaulting Jabbari in the back of a livery car.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Our planetary neighbor’s atmosphere is unchanging, meaning the substances lost are constantly replenished by volcanic activity.
    Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
  • There is no conflict here between reaching out to readers who get their news from print, or podcasts, or video clips posted to social media because our message is unchanging.
    Noah Rothman, National Review, 20 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Fans took note that Taylor Swift is an outfit repeater - wearing the same dresses and outfits in Vancouver on Saturday night as Friday night - but there's a reason.
    Bryan West, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2024
  • To ingratiate himself into the community, John Fisher took part in the Nashville Pickers Celebrity Baseball Team, a touring sports outfit that included local record executives and artists like Roy Clark, Tanya Tucker, and Mickey Gilley.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Investors will be listening closely for hints that the Fed is leaning toward holding rates steady in the coming months.
    Bryan Mena, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Markets are overwhelmingly expecting the Bank of England to hold rates steady at its upcoming Monetary Policy Committee meeting on Thursday, overnight index swap data shows.
    Karen Gilchrist,Chloe Taylor,Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The lead romantic characters, Simba and Nala, are beautifully attired but unencumbered by masks or puppet costumes.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Masa’s valet Kato-san glided into the room, attired assassin-like in black suit, white shirt and skinny black tie, and offered a pour from an open bottle of Riesling.
    Alok Sama, Fortune Asia, 17 Sep. 2024
Verb
  • Floral sculptures appear throughout the store, including one that is garbed in a silk robe.
    Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The large-scale work shows two men, one richly garbed and another in religious dress, leaned against a table stuffed with objects.
    Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 14 July 2023
Verb
  • China concluded that their path to prevent the potential of the same thing from happening to them was to attempt to thwart the key element of U.S. military dominance—American airpower—by arraying their defenses in a manner known as anti-access/area denial or A2/AD.
    David A. Deptula, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • For much of the public, the only interaction with the troops on the border is when they are arrayed wearing camouflage fatigues in the background of a news conference on TV often designed more to score political points than to offer a glimpse of the sacrifice of service.
    John C. Moritz, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Apr. 2024

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