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athletic shoe

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noun

  1. a shoe designed to be worn for sports, exercising, or recreational activity, as racquetball, jogging, or aerobic dancing.

  2. sneaker.


Example Sentences

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He also helped shake up the athletic shoe industry and supercharge sneaker culture by teaming up with Nike to create Air Jordans in the mid-1980s.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2024

She has signed with a modeling agency - attending Paris Fashion Week is on her bucket list — and this week sealed a major endorsement deal with the athletic shoe and apparel company, Reebok.

From Washington Times • Oct. 18, 2023

From 2012 to 2016, the group paid an athletic shoe company run by another of Mr. Okebiyi’s brothers, Michael, to provide “tech support,” records and interviews show.

From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2022

But in June, athletic shoe sales rebounded to the best month ever, he said, rising 25% from a year earlier.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2021

After a stint as senior vice president of operations for Haggar Clothing, Perdue in 1994 became global vice president of Reebok, the athletic shoe company.

From Washington Post • Dec. 30, 2020