as in weaving
to form into a braid
they taught each other how to braid yarn into bracelets
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Recent Examples of braiding
Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 26 Nov. 2025
Identifiable by elaborate braiding, decorative buttons, and often toggles across the chest, military coats — also known as the Hussar jacket or Pelisse — appear to be making a comeback.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 26 Feb. 2026
The video shows friends and family washing Vonn's hair in an inflatable basin and later brushing and braiding it.
—Isabel Yip, NBC news, 16 Feb. 2026
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Noun
Artists and studios including Abdalla Almulla, Amine Asselman, Esna Su, Nader Gammas, Shaha Raphael, Zein Daouk, Sayar & Garibeh and Bahraini-Danish created one-of-a-kind pieces ranging from ceramic sheets and volcanic stone to works inspired by Emirati Areesh and palm-frond braiding.
—Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 26 Nov. 2025
Identifiable by elaborate braiding, decorative buttons, and often toggles across the chest, military coats — also known as the Hussar jacket or Pelisse — appear to be making a comeback.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
Guyton specifically remembers the scene where Justice, after experiencing the tragic loss of her boyfriend, is laying on her bed covered with a floral quilt and a mud cloth pillow braiding her hair.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 26 Feb. 2026
The video shows friends and family washing Vonn's hair in an inflatable basin and later brushing and braiding it.
—Isabel Yip, NBC news, 16 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for braiding
Noun
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Wearing a blue jail jumpsuit with her hair tied into two blonde braids, Ortiz did not enter a plea during a brief hearing in downtown Los Angeles late Tuesday afternoon.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Yet, for millions of Black women across the world who regularly wear braids, twists and extensions, troubling new evidence suggests the synthetic hair used to create these styles may expose them to toxic substances.—
Rebekah Evans,
TheWeek,
9 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The story, at a distance, features the utmost potential for emotional intensity, but the closer the filmmakers get to weaving an overarching tapestry, the more the individual stories run together in terms of tone and spirit.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
12 Mar. 2026
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The jazz polymath wrote, played, produced, and mixed everything on his new solo album, weaving overlapping loops and knotty counterpoints into a dynamic suite of interconnected pieces.—
Mark Richardson,
Pitchfork,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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For this super laidback, windchill-ready look, Hadid wore a beanie hat over her plaits, ski goggle-like black sunglasses, and black leather gloves.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
3 Jan. 2026
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Low-tension styles are no longer just a few neat plaits.—
Donnetta Monk,
Essence,
21 Nov. 2025
Verb
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On average, the city is platting 892 acres per year and is projected to need 911 acres per year for new growth and development.—
Angela George,
Sioux Falls Argus Leader,
14 Jan. 2026
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Bennett told the Star-Telegram that Black Mountain will address residents’ concerns about the demand on power and water grids, as well as flooding, as part of the platting process for the project.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Jan. 2026
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