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[yoo-nuh-fawrm] / ˈju nəˌfɔrm /




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A guy in a sharp uniform asked if I wanted to go to the ceremony or to the admiral’s house.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

He appeared at the event dressed in his trademark olive-green military uniform, AFP reporters witnessed, amid tight security.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

You find him on the official state seal, and if you get nabbed speeding on the freeway, there he is, embroidered on the CHP officer’s uniform patch.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

In the run-up to the rules being introduced, Clothing Coventry have opened a three-week long school uniform pop-up, as some families saying uniforms are costing them hundreds of pounds.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

He took down from the wall the oil painting of the man in uniform.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

Yasukuni this week also appealed to visitors to refrain from wearing military-style uniforms so that the "general public can worship in peace and quiet at our shrine".

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

An AFP reporter estimated that around 20-30 people in uniforms were there.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

Disney dressed the Angels in uniforms derided by one player as “pinstripe pajamas,” put cheerleaders on the dugout roof, and installed a loud “countdown to first pitch.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

Though the drivers aren’t direct employees of FedEx and Amazon, they often wear branded uniforms or vests and drive corporate-branded vans or trucks.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

Afterward, the prisoners changed into their uniforms and were taken to their tiled cells.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

The Space Force is far smaller than the Marine Corps or Coast Guard, with only about 10,000 uniformed personnel.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

Anya had to sign a register kept by a uniformed police officer to see him.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

Metro has deployed “an engaged and visible presence of uniformed personnel from Metro’s Department of Public Safety Ecosystem,” L.A.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

Troop bands playing music onstage, troops putting on military combatives exhibitions in the octagon, troops sitting, uniformed and visible, beneath the Claw to watch the spectacle in person.

From Slate Jun. 16, 2026

Salem Police divers did double duty, working regular shifts as uniformed police officers or detectives, but also responding to emergency situations.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

“What we’re talking about is not creating any new laws, we’re talking about uniforming the laws that we have,” Manchin said in afternoon speech on the Senate floor.

From Washington Post Apr. 16, 2013

Routed, he sailed for the U. S., established himself in Westbury, L. I., furnished copy on dull days by such stunts as uniforming and drilling an army of messenger boys and farmhands.

From Time Magazine Archive

The pay of the 22,500 men amounted to 7,838,400 francs; rations, 6,366,195; musicians, 239,112; uniforming, 1,887,682; officers' uniforms, 208,837.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 by Various

Inside rode two passengers, one apparently an official, sheriff, or something, the other a doctor, who debated all the way the propriety of uniforming the physician in attendance upon executions.

From The Making of an American by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis

You can't erect an army by uniforming and drilling a few hundred thousand clerks and farmers.

From Ailsa Paige by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers




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