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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
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
Adjective
The scene is a small spectacle of shame: Ruth watches while Maria’s aunt tries to buy a uniform for Maria on layaway, promising to pay when her disability check comes through. Bekah Waalkes, The Atlantic, 22 July 2025 And even the snowboard brand Burton used space suits for design inspiration for U.S. Olympians’ uniforms on the mountain. Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 18 July 2025
Verb
This uniform hydrogen isotopic composition for the mantle source from various types and ages of lunar samples in this study and previous works9,23,24,40 may have been inherited from the lunar magma ocean from which the mantle rocks crystallized41. Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 July 2025 But that ideal has not yet materialized, in part due to a number of glaring mistakes in courts throughout the nation and the lack of uniform rules to address these problems. Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 20 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for uniform
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Noun
  • And today there’s a big casino with roller skating where Old Man Dill used to moor the three leaky skiffs which comprised his boat livery.
    Ted Janes, Outdoor Life, 29 May 2025
  • Knowing that some Met goers will spend a few hours in the galleries and others will skate through, Miller shared some of her must-see items, starting with the livery suits.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 5 May 2025
Adjective
  • Building around these unchanging customer desires has driven Amazon's phenomenal success.
    Manjot Pal, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
  • Published in 1915, and already widely accepted worldwide by physicists and mathematicians, the theory assumed the universe was static – unchanging, unmoving and immutable.
    Rob Coyne, Space.com, 13 July 2025
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
  • After becoming the first commercial outfit to land on the moon, Firefly Aerospace Inc. is heading back — this time under a $176.7 million NASA contract.
    Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 31 July 2025
  • In Conversation strand also features talks with names such as Ken Loach, Paul Laverty, and Rebecca O’Brien, the team behind the legendary Sixteen Films outfit.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 30 July 2025
Adjective
  • At a two-day meeting that concludes Wednesday, the Fed is widely expected to hold its key interest rate steady despite President Donald Trump’s monthslong campaign aimed at browbeating Fed Chair Jerome Powell and his colleagues into cutting rates.
    Paul Davidson, USA Today, 28 July 2025
  • But rather than one big payoff, Bogotá security official Juliana Sáenz says that unscrupulous mechanics count on a steady stream of victims.
    John Otis, NPR, 27 July 2025
Verb
  • Catmull enters attired in a black gown lined with sparkling contours that recall the sinuous figures of artist and designer Erté.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
  • Beside him was Janet, his second wife, who was two decades younger and smartly attired in shades, a plaid sunhat, and a sleeveless blouse.
    Alec Nevala-Lee June 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
Verb
  • Encarnacion-Soto’s body was cleaned up, and garbed in fresh clothes when police found her on the staircase, Kenny said.
    Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 27 July 2025
  • The crowd of songwriters, publishers and other industry members, all garbed in suits and elegant dresses, immediately rose to their feet, clapping and singing along to Owen’s lyrics of flowing rivers, rustic Cajun hideaways and playing baseball with chert rocks.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 20 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Small, tender gnocchi were arrayed in a ragù of winey wild boar.
    John Mariani, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
  • And the durian trees are arrayed up a slope with a little bit of altitude above sea level, but also a sea breeze.
    Ari Daniel, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2025

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