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 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 The girls loved playing with Barbies and getting bright colors braided into their hair. Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 4 June 2026 Actor Sam Reid is laced into a pair of skintight black pants, his shoulder-length blond hair braided into Britney-style pigtails and his face and torso covered in iridescent glitter. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for braided
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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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  • Armstrong was surveyed and platted in 1871 by a representative of the Kansas Pacific Railway Company.
    Elijah Winkler, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The Boise architecture firm, which filed the preliminary materials for the Black Cat site in March, filed an application with the city in August to correct the lapse and get the site platted.
    Rose Evans September 12, Idaho Statesman, 12 Sep. 2025

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

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