fillet

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Verb
  • In early 2025, Consumer Reports published a first-of-its-kind investigation into synthetic braiding hair, testing ten of the most popular products on the market and finding toxic heavy metals and carcinogens in nearly all of them.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 11 May 2026
  • The latter, in particular, braids the bittersweet melodies of anorak-sporting vintage twee with ear-bleeding country-grunge that evokes Meat Puppets’ heaviest squalls.
    Colin Joyce, Pitchfork, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • Mesquite and acacia trees ribbon the lower elevations, while Douglas firs and ponderosa pine line the upper reaches.
    Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2026
  • Eager to make connections with important people, Kapoor invited mayors to ribbon cuttings and doled outmore than $100,000 in campaign checks from corporate accounts, about half of which went to a political committee supporting a losing candidate in this November’s Miami Beach mayoral race.
    Sarah Blaskey, Miami Herald, 16 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Pigeons that can fly hundreds of miles at highway speeds, feathered Ferraris worth a fortune.
    Sharyn Alfonsi, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Adaptive triggers add resistance to the main triggers, meaning the difference between feathering the trigger and pulling it all the way down is very apparent.
    Boone Ashworth, Wired News, 25 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Hannah Neeleman and her husband, Daniel, look like average beaming newlyweds, young parents fake-posing with margaritas and figuring things out.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 11 May 2026
  • If anything, the long-time executive knows that pending roster crunches often figure themselves out.
    Katie Woo, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Verb
  • Today, that plant is one of thousands on the grounds, a place where monarch ferns frill around the auburn necks of melinonii philodendrons and buttercream and magenta orchids hang like pendants from a jabuticabeira, its spreading copper limbs blistered with purple fruit.
    Michael Snyder Pedro Kok, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The collection, which will surely be talked about as the best of the entire week, was an unflinching reminder that a serious depth of femininity — the frilled, bedazzled, artistic kind — should never be mistaken for weakness.
    Gabrielle Korn, refinery29.com, 13 Feb. 2020
Verb
  • When players laced up their cleats for their first home game last month, the team played at UConn’s Morrone Stadium in Storrs.
    P.R. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026
  • Clark isn’t the only WNBA star lacing them up in this game.
    Geoff Clark OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026
Verb
  • After months of fundraising in a project spearheaded by the Fairfield Lions Club in collaboration with the city, the arch that has hung over Texas Street for more than a century started coming down piece by piece.
    Ashley Sharp, CBS News, 12 May 2026
  • The question hung like black crepe in his family’s small apartment on Buffalo’s distressed east side.
    Dan Barry, New York Times, 12 May 2026
Verb
  • The suited ensemble emphasized militaristic utility, with a long-sleeve jacket embroidered with muted gold sinuous motifs.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 13 May 2026
  • Whereas traditional tatreez is used to embroider patterns on garments, the tatreez in the exhibition depict images of the war on Gaza since 2023, many of which first appeared on social media and have since become iconic.
    Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 12 May 2026
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“Fillet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fillet. Accessed 15 May. 2026.

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