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costume

[kos-toom, -tyoom, ko-stoom, -styoom] / ˈkɒs tum, -tyum, kɒˈstum, -ˈstyum /


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The streamer teased Turner’s Croft costume earlier this year, sharing a still of the actor in a fitted dark green tank, shorts and round sunglasses with gun holsters on her legs.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

One vendor sold t-shirts with captions proclaiming “LEGEND” alternatively accompanying pictures of Charlie Kirk or, for some reason, Andy Griffith and Don Knotts together in costume from The Andy Griffith Show.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

Dario wore a panda outfit to their costume party-themed wedding.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

A hubbub of energy fills every corridor - from the extensive costume and wig department, to the huge team building pop-up sets around the show's main stage.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Douglas was shirtless, with a long scarf tied around his head and a hoop earring dangling from his earlobe—his costume for The Thief of Bagdad, the movie Anna May had a part in.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu