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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The sewing element was what struck Gomez most.—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Mar. 2026 -
This is not a sewing class but is an opportunity to work on your projects.—
Hema Sivanandam,
Mercury News,
2 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The innocent taste test went largely unnoticed for weeks until creators began stitching their reactions and flooding social feeds with a storm of memes and satirical posts.—
Rachel Ventresca,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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Decades before ‘quiet luxury’ was a TikTok buzzword, Givenchy was stitching simplistic stunners for Hepburn, chief among them being that famous not-too-little black dress.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
25 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The space — across the street from 5 Points Plaza and Trader Joe’s — invites members of all skill levels in sewing, knitting, crochet, embroidery, quilting, doll and teddy bear making, needle felting and painting.—
Samantha Gowen,
Oc Register,
2 Mar. 2026
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Of course, one of America’s founding principles, taught in every civics class, is the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, which might seem to frown on the knitting together of so many religious organizations and public funds intended to advance civic education.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
27 Feb. 2026
Verb
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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
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Treatment typically starts with clipping the fur around the injury, cleaning the area and, if needed, suturing the skin.—
Miriam Fauzia,
Dallas Morning News,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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If an unexpected cost appears, slow down to compare options, then choose the path that keeps quality high and avoids future repairs.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
14 Mar. 2026
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Just before my visit, a motor on one of the farm’s grain bins needed repairs.—
Boyce Upholt,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Preservationists and architects counter that the building remains an important civic landmark and say repairing and modernizing it would protect a signature piece of Dallas architecture while avoiding the disruption and cost of abandoning the site.—
Devyani Chhetri,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Mar. 2026
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Risk management Josh — Target spent most of the last year repairing a long downtrend, but the character of the chart has changed in the last few months.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Family ties may need some mending, and once they’ve been handled, those bonds could be immensely helpful.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Jan. 2026
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Visitors can try their hand at skills such as block printing, moss wall art, and Japanese sashiko mending.—
Kathryn Romeyn,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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There’s water everywhere, approach angles that punish the wrong side of the fairway, and a closing stretch with a long history of turning good rounds into cautionary tales.—
Jenny Catlin,
New York Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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In Monday’s closing arguments, Ye’s attorney, Andrew Cherlaskey, refuted reportage that his client had fallen asleep during his testimony.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Darning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/darning. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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