underwear
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of underwear
Example Sentences
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CreateMe has designed robots that do this and the firm is already making women's underwear this way.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
Then there was this rule: Don’t leave underwear and other personal items on the bed if you want your pod cleaned!
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
In October, a Tijuana man was indicted after officers found two emaciated and potentially sedated orange-fronted parakeets stuffed in his underwear.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026
“Until you’ve worn another person’s underwear going to do a count, you don’t know what it’s really like.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
Soviet women soldiers waged a private battle against men’s underwear the whole time they were fighting their invading enemy, the German army.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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