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Examples of dress code in a Sentence
The school imposed a new dress code that forbids students from wearing jeans.
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Once again, the dress code for the evening was Black designer and black tie—attendees did not disappoint.
—Rachel Marlowe, Vogue, 2 Feb. 2025
Men are definitely back in the office (at least three days a week), but their dress code has changed.
—Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 31 Jan. 2025
Dressed in black, as per the dress code, guests including actors Alia Bhatt and Rani Mukherji and industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla admired and filmed the colonial pillars, stained glass windows and blue arched doors of an old, reimagined neighborhood of Kolkata.
—Riddhi Doshi, CNN, 28 Jan. 2025
The dress code, according to Price, was to reinforce the restaurant’s family-friendly atmosphere.
—Jasmine Browley, Essence, 14 Jan. 2025
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Word History
First Known Use
1961, in the meaning defined above
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“Dress code.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dress%20code. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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