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or leggin
as in jeans
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Amazon If the winter weather means exercising indoors, upgrade your style with stretchy leggings and enhance your workout space with a walking treadmill.
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Jenifer Calle, Glamour, 4 Feb. 2025
In a sea of black leggings, these are prime catches.
—Abbey Stone, SELF, 28 Jan. 2025
The only thing better than a great pair of leggings and a favorite sweatshirt is a lounge set that comes with two ready-to-wear matching items—and this on-sale two-piece pairing is the one to score, according to shoppers.
—Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Jan. 2025
The model was photographed leaving Gigi’s home in NoHo, New York in a casual fit: a black zip-up and top, Tona leggings, pull-on boots, and a black and blue reversible knit and quilted puffer jacket from her sister’s brand Guest in Residence.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2025
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Jenifer Calle, Glamour, 4 Feb. 2025
In a sea of black leggings, these are prime catches.
—Abbey Stone, SELF, 28 Jan. 2025
The only thing better than a great pair of leggings and a favorite sweatshirt is a lounge set that comes with two ready-to-wear matching items—and this on-sale two-piece pairing is the one to score, according to shoppers.
—Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Jan. 2025
The model was photographed leaving Gigi’s home in NoHo, New York in a casual fit: a black zip-up and top, Tona leggings, pull-on boots, and a black and blue reversible knit and quilted puffer jacket from her sister’s brand Guest in Residence.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Legging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legging. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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