Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for filigreeing
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But by embroidering the drama of an American navigating Paris Fashion Week with stories of other women caught in the whirl, Winocour dilutes them all.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Sep. 2025
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And as founders of Freedom Braiders, my daughter and I lead programs that teach the art of hair braiding and offer cognitive behavior classes in jails.—
Joanna Hernandez,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Oct. 2025
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The color-happy fiber braiding here is another detail to look forward to, capable of adding boldness to your otherwise quiet-luxury ‘fit formulas during fall.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
30 Sep. 2025
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One can make the argument that his choice to forego free agency and remove the dark cloud hanging over the team's season has almost as much to do with the Jays getting to the World Series as his stellar play on the diamond.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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Otherwise, remember that a coat closet should prioritize hanging items first.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 Oct. 2025
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When a group has been together for so long, there can be a risk of other teams ‘figuring you out’.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Just figuring the run right there, Blake’s pitched some of the biggest outs, innings in the postseason for us.—
Gabe Smallson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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As the sun has grown subtly brighter over this span, if this supercontinent struggled with high carbon dioxide levels like its Pangaean forebear did, then this would be an inimically hot world to animals, except for lone refuges fringing its polar far reaches.—
Peter Brannen,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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The islands that became the Outer Banks fringing the North Carolina coast first appeared 15,000 years ago, when sea levels dropped and the nation’s shoreline migrated inward from the continental shelf, Young said.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
21 Aug. 2025
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But another study is painting a more-nuanced picture of feline behavior.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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Explaining exactly why this particular trend, like so many confounding memes and viral nonsense, will travel unbelievably far on the web, and elsewhere, is as easy as painting wind.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Oct. 2025
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Neither Xhekaj nor Struble spent one second on the ice down a man; both Veleno and Beck played fewer than 10 minutes, which, to be fair, had more to do with the Canadiens chasing the game in the third than anything else.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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Chelsea, on the other hand, is chasing a third straight win after striking at the death to beat leader Liverpool 2-1 a fortnight ago.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Filigreeing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filigreeing. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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