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dress code

noun

  1. a set of rules specifying the garb or type of clothing to be worn by a group or by people under specific circumstances:

    a military dress code; The restaurant's dress code requires men to wear jackets and ties at dinner.



dress code

noun

  1. a set of rules or guidelines regarding the manner of dress acceptable in an office, restaurant, etc


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Example Sentences

One in Paris, Texas, is circumventing the ban by adding masks to its mandatory uniform and claiming that its new dress code is backed by the Texas Education Code.

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In their repetitive dress code of tailored suits, khaki trousers and golf shirts, they send the message that they’ve renounced superficiality and frivolousness as beneath their gender’s dignity.

A policy memo on the Grizzlies’ dress code describes enforcing “discipline within ranks” for warfronts “anywhere you can think of.”

So if they can enforce a denim dress code, they can also enforce a mask mandate.

In December 2016, on a team flight to Seattle, Newton broke dress code by not wearing a tie, and Rivera benched him for the opening drive against the Seahawks.

WHO: The dress code is come as you are, as do neighborhood families, large and small (lostiosrestaurant.com).

The first barrier for women is the Islamic dress code or hijab.

Shorts were not an option—they were banned from the dress code.

Part of creating that environment was an informal dress code: The cutest outfit you had.

But a dress code in and of itself, when it is equally enforced and applied to all students, still serves an important purpose.

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