as in cloth
a woven or knitted material (as of cotton or nylon) brought back a whole suitcase of beautiful textiles from India

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Recent Examples of textile The Merrin Sling-back Mule Clogs are made with premium long-lasting leather, soft textile lining, and an ample-sized toe box to offer your feet all-day comfort. Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 30 Oct. 2025 Generational shift Historically, many small cities in India have been manufacturing hubs — Agra for leather and carpets, Surat and Jaipur for textiles. Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025 This seasonal space offers more than 1,000 square feet of festive decor, twinkling lights and cheerful textiles. David Dickstein, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025 The closing of textile mills, the loss of manufacturing jobs — particularly from an Oshkosh B’Gosh factory in nearby Clay County that moved to Mexico in the mid-Nineties — induced a steady contraction of the local economy. David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for textile
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Noun
  • At great risk, Hamida disguises herself as a khes (a thick cotton cloth) seller and enters the house to plan with Lajo an escape route.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Sympathetic, apparently, to Geralt’s quest to save Ciri, Regis decides to join the gang on the road — though a closing shot of Regis privately savoring the scent of Geralt’s blood on a cloth raises some troubling questions for the show to answer down the road.
    Scott Meslow, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
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  • Over time, the fabric fibers wear down, leading to thinning, fraying, or small tears.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The fabric, which went out of production in 1991, has now been rechristened and modernized as one of three Knoll archival reissues introduced this fall.
    Catherine Hong, Architectural Digest, 28 Oct. 2025

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“Textile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/textile. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.

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