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athletic shoe

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noun

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

  2. sneaker.


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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. 17, 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

Harkness was Indianapolis’ first Black sportscaster, worked with the United Way of Greater Indianapolis and ran an athletic shoe franchise.

From Seattle Times Aug. 24, 2021

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

The shelves were stripped bare at Monument, an athletic shoe store.

From Washington Post May 31, 2020

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