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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Guests came in all attires, from fancy dresses and button-down shirts to leggings and Crocs, as there is no hard dress code. Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2025 What happened, basically, is that NBA players—once stuck with the dress code—embraced it. Maya Singer, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025 Magnus Carlsen, the top ranked chess player in the world, was temporarily removed from the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships after refusing to change out of jeans that broke the competition dress code but will return Monday, according to the International Chess Federation. Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 30 Dec. 2024 Dvorkovich explained a flexible approach to the dress code would be taken for the World Blitz Championships. Ali Rampling, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024 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 15 Jan. 2025.

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