vest

Example Sentences

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Hipolito responded that anyone could buy a vest and put police on it.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

“They are keeping it close to the vest what they are buying,” Buchta said, adding that Freddie and Fannie aren’t going to come in and purchase $200 billion all at once.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026

At seven o'clock on a Monday morning, a village paperboy is busily doing his rounds, his high-vis vest and yellow bag standing out against a grey blanket of fog.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

But he’s playing it very close to the vest, seemingly waiting to see how it all shakes out.

From Salon • Mar. 16, 2026

He buttoned his vest from the bottom up, instead of from the top down, because the bottom-to-top process took him only three seconds, while the top-to-bottom took seven.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey