Ray-Bans

Ray-Bans noun: luxury sunglasses of the Ray-Ban brand.

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Noun

Ray-Bans pl (plural only)

(plural, plural-only) Luxury sunglasses of the Ray-Ban brand.
- She was wearing Ray-Bans and a bright pink bathing suit and in her other hand had what was probably meant to be a pina colada.1995, Nicholas Evans, chapter 24, in The Horse Whisperer, London: BCA [Book Club Associates] by arrangement with Bantam Press, →OCLC, page 233
- By 2010, the Ray-Bans had become so closely associated with Biden that President Obama was mentioning them at campaign rallies.2014 April 16, Chris Cillizza, “A man and his Ray-Bans: The story of Joe Biden’s sunglasses”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...

Rand Paul wears a pair of Ray-Bans during an April 18 campaign stop in New Hampshire.2015 April 22, Adam Tschorn, “Ray-Ban brand reprimands Rand”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications...
But as the long-sealed door between Cuba and the United States cracks open, Cubans are clamoring not just for clothes or medicine but for the iPhone 6 and Ray-Bans and Nikes.2016 July 4, Sally H. Jacobs, “Ray-Bans, iPhones and Nikes: Some Cubans are getting a taste for luxuries”, in The Washington Post...
Throughout the ordeal, he almost always wore Ray-Bans, perhaps nodding to the job awaiting him once he cleared his judicial hurdle.2025 February 28, Jacob Gallagher, “ASAP Rocky, Cleared in Legal Battle, Gets Right Back to Fashion”, in The New York Times, New York...

From Ray-Ban + -s, from ray + ban, derived from the ability of these glasses to limit the ingress of either ultra-violet or infra-red rays of light.

What does Ray-Bans mean?: Ray-Bans means luxury sunglasses of the Ray-Ban brand.
How do you use Ray-Bans in a sentence?: Rand Paul wears a pair of Ray-Bans during an April 18 campaign stop in New Hampshire.
What part of speech is Ray-Bans?: Ray-Bans is a noun.

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