underwear
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of underwear
Example Sentences
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Aerie, the company’s underwear and swimwear brand, helped offset the decline with a 25% increase in same-store sales.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
We aren’t yet seeing IPOs of companies that produce AI-enabled ketchup bottles or AI-integrated underwear.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Officers had become suspicious of how he was driving his lorry, which was carrying 28 pallets of underwear and clothing, and they x-rayed it at the port.
From BBC • May 18, 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
Inside, she unfolded handkerchiefs, crisp white underwear, bars of Lux soap, and chocolate, and she marveled that they had reached her intact, even sent through the Red Cross.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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