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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Creative and imaginative, Wesley is a natural builder who loves working with Legos, crafting intricate origami art, and even inventing his own games.
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Mare Staff, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
Operating the Article Braam sofa bed is not origami.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 19 Sep. 2025
Next to the step and repeat, a man was folding origami versions of the Chrysler Building with gold paper.
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Engineers attached these microscopic silicon chiplets, called lablets, using soft bonding to the origami layers.
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Mare Staff, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
Operating the Article Braam sofa bed is not origami.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 19 Sep. 2025
Next to the step and repeat, a man was folding origami versions of the Chrysler Building with gold paper.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 15 Sep. 2025
Engineers attached these microscopic silicon chiplets, called lablets, using soft bonding to the origami layers.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for origami
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“Origami.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/origami. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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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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