origami
noun
ori·ga·mi
ˌȯr-ə-ˈgä-mē 
: the Japanese art or process of folding squares of paper into representational shapes
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There will be children’s activities, including origami butterflies and bubble baskets.
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Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2024
First up is Pink in the Pool, a kid-centric event at the Long Bridge Aquatics Center with story time, snacks and an origami class (9 a.m. to noon).
—Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
In 2019, the group that would become Tsuru led a large rally outside the Dilley detention center, giving speeches and playing taiko drums and stringing tens of thousands of origami paper cranes along the fence.
—Mckenzie Funk, ProPublica, 8 Mar. 2024
This Golden Gate Park celebration invites participants of all ages to dance along to festive performances, play games for prizes and try their hands at traditional calligraphy, origami and auspicious crafts.
—Brittany Delay, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2024
In its unfolded flat state, our origami structure tumbles chaotically in the wind, similar to an elm leaf.
—Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 28 Sep. 2023
Rather than expanding and becoming richer, Anderson’s method folds in, like origami.
—Armond White, National Review, 15 Mar. 2024
Bleeding edge camera hardware is expensive, and with a foldable phone already requiring significant investment by customers, packing the latest optical hardware into a handset people will be buying in part down to the origami of the handset, there isn’t a pressing need to be at the top of the pile.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
The silhouettes of cranes have been woven into wedding kimonos and re-created out of origami paper.
—Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2024
Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2024
First up is Pink in the Pool, a kid-centric event at the Long Bridge Aquatics Center with story time, snacks and an origami class (9 a.m. to noon).
—Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
In 2019, the group that would become Tsuru led a large rally outside the Dilley detention center, giving speeches and playing taiko drums and stringing tens of thousands of origami paper cranes along the fence.
—Mckenzie Funk, ProPublica, 8 Mar. 2024
This Golden Gate Park celebration invites participants of all ages to dance along to festive performances, play games for prizes and try their hands at traditional calligraphy, origami and auspicious crafts.
—Brittany Delay, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2024
In its unfolded flat state, our origami structure tumbles chaotically in the wind, similar to an elm leaf.
—Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 28 Sep. 2023
Rather than expanding and becoming richer, Anderson’s method folds in, like origami.
—Armond White, National Review, 15 Mar. 2024
Bleeding edge camera hardware is expensive, and with a foldable phone already requiring significant investment by customers, packing the latest optical hardware into a handset people will be buying in part down to the origami of the handset, there isn’t a pressing need to be at the top of the pile.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
The silhouettes of cranes have been woven into wedding kimonos and re-created out of origami paper.
—Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2024
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origami
noun
ori·ga·mi
ˌȯr-ə-ˈgäm-ē
: the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes
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