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as in clergy
the group ordained to perform clerical functions in the Christian church
he's a member of the cloth, but that doesn't keep him from enjoying a stiff drink every now and then
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Recent Examples of cloth
What keeps a 400-year-old Japanese cloth-maker or a 500-year-old Italian gunsmith alive?
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Big Think, 29 Oct. 2025
The truth is, even the words wrung from the damp cloth can be trustworthy, too.
—Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
Terri sews big cloth bags to fit the paintings, and J.B. flaunts his woodworking skills to craft a partitioned box in which to store the loot.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2025
The wiping cloth sanitizer bucket also measured nothing as it hadn’t even been made.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
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Big Think, 29 Oct. 2025
The truth is, even the words wrung from the damp cloth can be trustworthy, too.
—Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
Terri sews big cloth bags to fit the paintings, and J.B. flaunts his woodworking skills to craft a partitioned box in which to store the loot.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2025
The wiping cloth sanitizer bucket also measured nothing as it hadn’t even been made.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cloth
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cloth
Noun
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Over time, the fabric fibers wear down, leading to thinning, fraying, or small tears.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
28 Oct. 2025
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The fabric, which went out of production in 1991, has now been rechristened and modernized as one of three Knoll archival reissues introduced this fall.—
Catherine Hong,
Architectural Digest,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But McCrorey Heights thrived, becoming home to influential Black educators, clergy, doctors, lawyers, politicians and civil rights activists, such as Reginald Hawkins and Jimmie and Minnie McKee, who opened the historic Excelsior Club.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Oct. 2025
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Pastor Thomas points out that many clergy do often talk about their vigil experience with their own churches and houses of worship.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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While this textile breaks the rule and its unique lattice pattern allows the textile to expand around the arm rather than clamp down, according to researchers.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Oct. 2025
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Among these fragile artifacts are millennia-old papyrus scrolls, textiles, sarcophagi, pottery and mummified human remains.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Not one civil rights or church group was there.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Later in the evening, the church pews were moved outside so the chapel could be transformed into a dance floor, with the groom's close friend, DJ Spence, performing Afrobeat music.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Cloth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloth. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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