dress code

noun

: formally or socially imposed standards of dress

Examples of dress code in a Sentence

The school imposed a new dress code that forbids students from wearing jeans.
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Authorities have used the morality police to enforce the strict dress code in a crackdown since the protests that swept the country two years ago. Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024 The dress code was more expansive than vampires, but the vibes seemed similar. Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024 Many other guests interpreted the black tie dress code and cleaned up nicely. Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 30 Oct. 2024 Dozens of schools across more than 12 states have implemented Crocs bans, Bloomberg reported, including Lake City Elementary School in Georgia, which said in its dress code policy that students should wear closed-toe shoes, forbidding Crocs for safety reasons. Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for dress code 

Word History

First Known Use

1961, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dress code was in 1961

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“Dress code.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dress%20code. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.

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