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Recent Examples of waistband
The compression is medium—not so strong that I'm distracted by the tightness but still firm—with an elastic waistband that pulls in and smooths my stomach.
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Malia Griggs, Glamour, 27 Mar. 2025
School staff reported one of the people outside was holding his waistband.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 14 Mar. 2025
Testers love the comfortable elastic waistband of the pants and the flatting scoop neck of the t-shirt.
—Health Editorial Team, Health, 14 Mar. 2025
Skip pants with too-tight waistbands or unforgiving fabric, and treat yourself to a pair of stretchy wide-leg bottoms instead.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2025
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Malia Griggs, Glamour, 27 Mar. 2025
School staff reported one of the people outside was holding his waistband.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 14 Mar. 2025
Testers love the comfortable elastic waistband of the pants and the flatting scoop neck of the t-shirt.
—Health Editorial Team, Health, 14 Mar. 2025
Skip pants with too-tight waistbands or unforgiving fabric, and treat yourself to a pair of stretchy wide-leg bottoms instead.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for waistband
Recent Examples of Synonyms for waistband
Noun
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These winds exist throughout the year across the tropical belt.—
Christophe Lavaysse,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Apr. 2025
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In the rematch, Nunes regained the belt and evened the score with a unanimous decision victory in July 2022.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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According to the Observatory of Economic Complexity, Vietnam trails only China in global exports of women's undergarments, a category that includes bras, corsets, girdles and shapewear.—
Lee Habeeb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Apr. 2025
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Quant, whose name was synonymous with London’s Swinging ’60s and its fashion, offered young women a new, more liberated way of dressing, free from the girdles and restrictive undergarments that their mothers and grandmothers had worn.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
WWD,
18 Mar. 2025
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Khloé, 40, was red hot for the glam outing, wearing a strapless cherry red gown with a matching sash draped across her neck.—
Rachel McRady,
People.com,
25 Mar. 2025
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Dress This pale yellow organza midi dress from Erdem’s spring 2018 collection is a masterclass in delicate beauty, embroidered with intricate florals and finished with a lilac ribbon sash for a perfectly unexpected contrast.—
Lilah Ramzi,
Vogue,
18 Mar. 2025
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For the first governor's dinner, the onetime fashion model favored a black velvet tuxedo with satin lapels and a crisp white tuxedo shirt and a cummerbund.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA TODAY,
5 Mar. 2025
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Paired with a custom black wool shawl collar tuxedo by Prada, a grosgrain cummerbund and a sophisticated bowtie, Stan looked every bit a leading man.—
Brett F. Braley-Palko,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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In November 2024, Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott held a ribbon cutting for 12 new indoor pickleball courts at the Jean Shepherd Community Center at 3031 Mahoney Drive in Hammond.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Apr. 2025
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Curls For curling with a straightener, the technique is much like curling a ribbon on a present with scissors.—
Lisa DeSantis,
Glamour,
8 Apr. 2025
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Following the release of their debut LP Up All Night in 2011, the band eventually went on hiatus in 2016 and Payne released his first solo album LP1 three years later.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
16 Apr. 2025
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Starkey joined the band during their 1996 Quadrophenia world tour.—
Sophie Williams,
Billboard,
16 Apr. 2025
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The pocket detail is repeated on denim midi skirts with front slits and self-belts.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
13 Jan. 2025
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Both raincoats feature a detachable zip hood, a hood visor extension, an adjustable bungee cord with a metal toggle at the hood opening, a self-belt and signature stripe lining.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Sep. 2019
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This loop shows how much different than normal temperatures will be through Saturday.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN Money,
7 Apr. 2025
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Police said a trooper attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a Jeep Wrangler around 11:05 p.m. on the inner loop of Interstate 695 at Greenspring Avenue.—
Matt Hubbard,
Baltimore Sun,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Waistband.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waistband. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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