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
Essence, 31 July 2025
The event will have free haircuts and hair braiding, a backpack giveaway, a game truck and more.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2025
Jerry Cahn, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The creation of an entirely new style of music, and its coming into being as part of a backlash to the anti-disco backlash, is a complex tale, and Bratton’s braiding together the strands into a coherent, compelling narrative speaks to his gifts as a storyteller.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
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Verb
Training almost 30 hairstylists across NY, NJ, DC, and LA, investing in painless hair braiding doesn’t end with just the braider.
—Essence, 31 July 2025
The event will have free haircuts and hair braiding, a backpack giveaway, a game truck and more.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2025
Noun
Synergistic alignment involves braiding the strategies for adapting to single trend-factors into new, vastly superior bundles.
—Jerry Cahn, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The creation of an entirely new style of music, and its coming into being as part of a backlash to the anti-disco backlash, is a complex tale, and Bratton’s braiding together the strands into a coherent, compelling narrative speaks to his gifts as a storyteller.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for braiding
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While critical local and Indigenous knowledge is recognized in the report, it is largely excluded from assessments, both because weaving it with conventional scientific analysis is difficult or because communities may choose to protect certain knowledge.—
Jessica Beaudette,
The Conversation,
11 Oct. 2025
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This invisible, climate-polluting gas can escape into the water through fissures in the sea floor, often revealing itself with a stream of bubbles weaving their way up to the ocean surface.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
10 Oct. 2025
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There was also the Capin — its surprising inspiration was the capybara, seen in its chocolate suede and golden braid motif on a curving open tote, offered in two sizes.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
8 Oct. 2025
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This dress-up set includes Wednesday's iconic dress and long braids, Thing, a belt, and tights.—
Katrina Cossey,
Parents,
1 Oct. 2025
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The perfectly imperfect artsy-meets-preppy plait was secured with elastics at both the base and the ends, because who has time to do the whole hair-wrapping thing?—
Marci Robin,
Allure,
10 Sep. 2025
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The look became a real-life flower crown in an adorable way, with fresh white flowers tucked into the plait.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
21 July 2025
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“Braiding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/braiding. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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