as in sewing
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as in stitching
to close up with a series of interlacing stitches
in the old days, holes in socks had to be darned by hand
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for darning
Noun
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Conventional zipper manufacturing typically relies on separate tape weaving, dyeing and sewing processes before the component can be attached to a finished garment.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Footwear News,
14 May 2026 -
Practical Treasures That sewing kit sitting on the closet shelf might have your dream find in it.—
Nicole Letts,
Southern Living,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The agentic era will not be won by stitching another agent onto every existing tool.—
Shailesh Manjrekar,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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An Oregon family alleged in a $100 million lawsuit that their 18-year-old son died from an infection after doctors at a Corvallis hospital did not remove pine needles and debris from his wound before stitching it up.—
Minyvonne Burke,
NBC news,
12 May 2026
Noun
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Loro Piana continues to nurture young talents through the art of knitting.—
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
14 May 2026
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Where dating apps reduce a person to a few photos and a one-line bio, a hobby community shows you how someone actually shows up — whether that’s finishing a 10K, finishing a novel or finishing a knitting project.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
6 May 2026
Verb
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The company says the system would be able to perform hemorrhage control, wound repair, chest decompression, shrapnel extraction, and field suturing, stabilizing the patient until evacuation can be carried out.—
Abhishek Bhardwaj,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Apr. 2026
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The issue was surrounding his leg amputation surgery, a procedure that involves stretching the muscles and suturing them to provide the bone with padding.—
Jacob Louraine,
Kansas City Star,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Satyanarayanan thinks that the cost of moving workloads around, as well as other expenses such as repairs, may be higher than Span is anticipating—and that these factors will determine whether XFRA scales or remains a clever concept.—
Vanessa Bates Ramirez,
Scientific American,
22 May 2026
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But additional, ongoing housing expenses — including utilities, property taxes, insurance, maintenance and repairs — can continue rising long after a mortgage payment is set.—
Mike Winters,
CNBC,
22 May 2026
Verb
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That means repairing seawalls and bolstering shorelines, restoring wetlands, improving stormwater management and drainage, ensuring clean lakes, hardening infrastructure, and keeping homes and roadways out of the water.—
Anna V. Eskamani,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 May 2026
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It is also intended to support rehabilitation, repairing harm to the community and those directly impacted by the offender’s action, and reinforcing community norms and values.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
23 May 2026
Noun
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Simply tossing all your clothes into the washer can sometimes result in damaged garments that require replacements or mending.—
Wendy Rose Gould,
Martha Stewart,
30 Apr. 2026
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If a piece is salvageable and needs some mending or a powerful stain remover, set it aside and make a plan to attend to it.—
Tessa Cooper,
The Spruce,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The club seems willing to stick it out with Doval, whose sinker-cutter-slider combination has tantalized since the righty was closing games for the San Francisco Giants as recently as the first half of last season.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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The transaction was funded with $20 million in cash at closing and a $100 million promissory note due five years from closing, accruing interest at 5% annually.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
27 May 2026
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“Darning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/darning. Accessed 29 May. 2026.
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