Example Sentences

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Vance getups or Marco Rubio costumes, let alone decked out in Ted Cruz–themed bling or Rand Paul merch.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

The year after his procedure, Moody helped break a national record for participating in the largest group of people to skydive together while wearing wingsuits, those getups that turn people into flying squirrels.

From Salon • Sep. 8, 2024

TikTok is rife with fans decked out in bootleg Dan Flashes shirts or dizzyingly patterned getups that seem tailor-made from the fictional store.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2022

Both of her getups were completed with a gold necklace, black choker, large sunglasses, a floppy sun hat and a pair of tan heels.

From Fox News • Aug. 4, 2021

She is becoming even more indifferent to fashion, and strides around in improvised getups, a ski jacket, an old scarf, mitts that don’t match.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood