braided

Definition of braidednext
past tense of braid
as in plaited
to form into a braid they taught each other how to braid yarn into bracelets

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Recent Examples of braided This Fulani style features braided ends for a fabulous addition of color and texture. Sunnah Rasheed, InStyle, 23 July 2026 Those missing arms and legs were quickly discovered, braided together in a garbage bag laying underneath the body bag. Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 22 July 2026 South India is the scent of frangipani and coffee, bushels of bananas and coconuts, women with gold nose rings and hair braided with jasmine and mustachioed men in pink with hands on hips. Chandrahas Choudhury, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2026 To have those two things braided together, the pain and then the relief. Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 22 June 2026 Last summer, Koudou says that most of her clients wanted freestyle braids—an elaborate style with cornrows braided in different patterns. Annie Blay-Tettey, Allure, 18 June 2026 Instead, pleasures are always braided. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026 The cousins were dressed in matching white pajama shirts and had their long hair braided back in the clip. Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026 There also lies the influence of Chilean essayist Pedro Lemebel, braided into Delgado Lopera’s narrative of a father, Ignacio; his 12-and-a-half-year-old daughter, Valentina; and his trans mother, Mamadora Eléctrica, inspired by the author’s own trans mother, Adela Vázquez. Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
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  • The Prince and Princess of Wales' daughter has also previously sported smaller ribbons or had her hair plaited back in braids when she's worn her hair this way, and her oversize bow at Trooping matched her white outfit.
    Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 13 June 2026
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  • Or if this new continent had people living there who’d already platted out Elm and Main Streets.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
  • Armstrong was surveyed and platted in 1871 by a representative of the Kansas Pacific Railway Company.
    Elijah Winkler, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2026

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“Braided.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/braided. Accessed 28 Jul. 2026.

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