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Stylishness rendered in coat or suit common in the States? (5,6)

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I believe the answer is:

class action

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'suit common in the states?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'stylishness rendered in coat' is the wordplay.
'stylishness' becomes 'class' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'rendered' is an anagram indicator (letters rendered in a new form).
'in'+'coat'='incoat'
'incoat' is an anagram of 'action'.
'class'+'action'='CLASS ACTION'

'or' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for class action that I've seen is " This is the case for a lot of people".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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