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Recent Examples of chemise
Not long afterward, Gaye took their teenage daughter to Victoria’s Secret in search of a silk chemise.
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Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 22 Aug. 2024
Bedhead PJs Bedhead PJs’ 2024 Mother’s Day collection includes pajama sets, robes, and chemises in several lovely patterns.
—Phoebe Sklansky, Parents, 26 Apr. 2024
She is dressed in a white chemise that falls off one shoulder.
—Washington Post, 24 May 2023
From the days of slip dresses in Y2K rom-coms like Thirteen Going on Thirty to Addison’s 2023 chemise, the lingerie-as-fashion trend has seen a major comeback.
—Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 14 Feb. 2023
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Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 22 Aug. 2024
Bedhead PJs Bedhead PJs’ 2024 Mother’s Day collection includes pajama sets, robes, and chemises in several lovely patterns.
—Phoebe Sklansky, Parents, 26 Apr. 2024
She is dressed in a white chemise that falls off one shoulder.
—Washington Post, 24 May 2023
From the days of slip dresses in Y2K rom-coms like Thirteen Going on Thirty to Addison’s 2023 chemise, the lingerie-as-fashion trend has seen a major comeback.
—Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 14 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chemise
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The new women’s collection included double-face fabrics, a linen, and a mohair and wool fabric, while the designs were inspired by Japanese kimonos, made on a jacquard loom.—
Andrea Onate,
WWD,
10 Feb. 2025
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While entire spaces in bold colors are not traditional, Yoshida points to kimonos and historic Japanese screens as examples of color, pattern, and movement.—
Kristina McGuirk,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Jan. 2025
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Easy Sun Dresses If any part of your pregnancy falls in Spring or Summer, then sundresses are your best friend.—
Hayley Bloomingdale,
Vogue,
6 Mar. 2025
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The best deal on our list belongs to this tank top sundress that’s 67 percent off, which hundreds of Amazon shoppers just bought.—
Clara McMahon,
People.com,
22 Feb. 2025
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Columbia River Knife & Tool (CRKT) has bravely taken one of its most unique folding knife designs and adapted it into a sleek, compact axe that packs safely without a sheath and flips into full-on chopping mode in milliseconds.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
27 Feb. 2025
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Amid the investigation, trace amounts of DNA found on a knife sheath at the scene of the 2022 murders in Moscow, Idaho, did not show up in law enforcement CODIS databases.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
20 Feb. 2025
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But at their core, these seven building jumpers seem primarily motivated by the love of hanging out with their bros.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
9 Mar. 2025
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With a structurally textbook jumper, tremendous athleticism and positional versatility, Williams was touted as one of the more complete players in the 2020 recruiting class.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
8 Mar. 2025
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Sometimes it’s called a housedress.—
Rachel King,
Fortune,
2 Nov. 2020
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My answer: the housedress.—
Fiorella Valdesolo,
WSJ,
9 June 2020
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About 18 years ago, thick poison ivy covered 64 headstones in Staten Island’s Baron Hirsch Cemetery, including the one belonging to Beckie Neubauer, a 19-year-old Austrian immigrant who died in the Triangle shirtwaist factory fire.—
Maria Cramer,
New York Times,
16 Feb. 2025
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One day in March of 1911—the same month as the infamous Triangle shirtwaist factory fire in New York City that trapped and killed 146 workers—a woman named Alice Hamilton arrived at the Sangamon Street works, a lead-smelting plant on Chicago’s East Side, and asked to take a look around.—
Daniel Stone,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 Feb. 2025
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Underwood opted for the Nessa minidress from the label’s spring 2025 ready-to-wear collection.—
WWD Staff,
WWD,
6 Mar. 2025
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The Charlie's Angels actress wore a white minidress with sheer details and a circular pattern along the edges.—
Catherine Santino,
People.com,
5 Mar. 2025
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The singer hosted the European Music Awards in everything from a hair-raising strapless strapless dress to a sheer hooded muumuu and Kiki boots.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
27 Dec. 2024
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In a second Instagram post from the event, Jennifer Lopez is pictured with musician Sia, who wears a brightly colored and chaotically patterned muumuu with equally vibrant sneakers and a voluminous floral headdress.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
4 Oct. 2023
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“Chemise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chemise. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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