sportswear
Americannoun
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clothing designed for wear while playing golf or tennis, hiking, bicycling, jogging, etc.; activewear.
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men's or women's clothing consisting of separate pieces, as jackets, trousers, sweaters, skirts, and shirts, that are casually styled and can be worn singly or in various combinations for business and informal activity.
noun
Etymology
Origin of sportswear
Example Sentences
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“I make clothes that I would love to wear and that I wish existed,” said Martinez, who launched Hood Baby LA in 2018, and began creating sportswear items in 2022.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
Women’s sportswear, as well as casual and office wear, helped drive those gains, as well as an expansion of its children’s clothing to more stores.
From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026
Nike’s China revenue over the past three quarters was 28% lower than in the same period five years ago, even as the country’s sportswear market boomed.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
Shares fell sharply at the start of April and continued to sell off after the sportswear retailer forecast a low-single-digit percentage drop in sales through the end of the year.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
Margot Keenan was tall and long limbed and was a semipro tennis player for a while after college before going to work for some big-deal sportswear manufacturer.
From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth
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