Examples of dress code in a Sentence
The school imposed a new dress code that forbids students from wearing jeans.
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The Cannes Film Festival updated its dress code in 2025, prohibiting guests from showing nudity or wearing voluminous outfits on the red carpet.
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Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 14 May 2026
No photos in the living room — a policy that tightened after guests snapped pictures of Taylor Swift with Matty Healy — and a dress code that allows jeans, but the expensive kind with no rips.
—George Gurley, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
Heading to a fashionable wedding or other event with an elevated dress code?
—Kelsey Legg, ABC News, 13 May 2026
And unlike the nearby resort restaurants, the vibe here is always relaxed, where Uggs and board shorts are effectively the dress code.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 13 May 2026
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Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 14 May 2026
No photos in the living room — a policy that tightened after guests snapped pictures of Taylor Swift with Matty Healy — and a dress code that allows jeans, but the expensive kind with no rips.
—George Gurley, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
Heading to a fashionable wedding or other event with an elevated dress code?
—Kelsey Legg, ABC News, 13 May 2026
And unlike the nearby resort restaurants, the vibe here is always relaxed, where Uggs and board shorts are effectively the dress code.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 13 May 2026
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“Dress code.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dress%20code. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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