pants suit

noun

Definition of pants suitnext
as in hose

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Recent Examples of pants suit Jane Fonda, whose photo shoot with Minter is featured in the film, arrived wearing a periwinkle pants suit. — Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025 Sanchez showed up to the inauguration at the United States Capitol Rotunda in an all-white pants suit by Alexander MCQueen, with a peekaboo bra underneath. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2025 Who says a petite woman in a pants suit can’t own a six-footer with a hundred pounds on her? — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2024 DeWitt was fashioned in a black pants suit with black and white polka dot details adorning the buttons on her jacket and the lining of her cuffs. — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 10 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for pants suit
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  1. hose
  2. pantsuit
Noun
  • Fire crews quickly deployed hoses and made a preliminary search to confirm no one was inside.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Engel recommends using a soaker hose for even watering or, for trees, water bags as great ways to make sure the root ball area stays consistently moist.
    — Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of hose
Noun
  • Throw on an oversize black pantsuit, add a filament-thin chain at the waist and let your untucked shirt, trimmed with a random assortment of little baubles, peek out at the bottom.
    — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
  • This went on just a little too long before Swift herself appeared in a pantsuit to riff on her penchant for Easter eggs and introduce Olivia Benson (cat) to real-life Olivia Benson (Hargitay).
    — Vulture Staff, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026
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