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waistband

[wayst-band, -buhnd] / ˈweɪstˌbænd, -bənd /




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The waistband was high enough to give crush his lungs, but that didn't stop him recreating the video's fluid, technically-challenging choreography on stage.

From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026

And then, they show one agent removing Pretti’s licensed handgun—which he was carrying in compliance with state law—from his waistband.

From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2026

Participants wore waistband pedometers to track physical activity and underwent PET scans to measure amyloid-beta plaques and tau tangles in the brain.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2025

There are plenty of benefits to buns’ small size and snappy waistband: many female runners find them to be more comfortable and feel that they stay in place better than traditional shorts.

From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2024

My waistband tightens to the point where I feel like I’m gonna bust a button on my pants.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles

Among the new nonnegotiables: fleece vests instead of jackets and elastic waistbands instead of “hard pants,” i.e., anything with a zipper.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025

So we sink into the couch, plates on laps, clothed in pants with elastic waistbands.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2025

"Our widening waistbands are also placing significant burden on our health service," he said in an opinion piece for the Telegraph.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2024

Leather belts on trousers were sewn in, replacing waistbands, and cinched on the hip: pretty weaves, or plain and sloping.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 14, 2024

They had a special name for those cotton waistbands: sennimbari.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac


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