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Design and color Traditional kimonos are known for their elaborate and stylish designs, but since the look has become more popular in Western culture, kimono-style robes are available in a variety of plain and simple styles as well.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
21 Oct. 2025
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Best maxi shirtdresses Apart from having the versatility to be dressed up or down, a maxi shirtdress is also the ideal silhouette for cold-weather layering.—
Shelby Ying Hyde,
Glamour,
18 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Opt for bigger hanging bulbs, discrete flickers, or even hanging sheaths.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
3 Apr. 2026
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The payload was designed to test a hypersonic navigation system capable of accurately identifying spacecraft position, even when communications are blocked by intense plasma sheaths during hypersonic flight.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Apr. 2026
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Ossai isn’t a bad pass rusher either, getting five sacks in each of the last two seasons, a total that somehow would’ve ranked second on the Jets last season.—
Zack Rosenblatt,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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King had 6 1/2 sacks among his 30 tackles for the Aztecs.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Shirtwaists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shirtwaists. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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