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noun

plural of fleece

as in wools

the hairy covering of a mammal especially when fine, soft, and thick learning how to shear the fleece off a sheep

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verb

present tense third-person singular of fleece

as in plucks

to rob by the use of trickery or threats swindlers who use the telephone to fleece senior citizens out of their savings

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Noun

Why the Nike Tech trend blew up Earlier this year, Nike Tech fleeces, jackets, pants and sweatsuits sparked cultural commentary with a viral social media trend that inspired young men to trade the casual style for preppy quarter-zip sweaters. —

Jay Stahl, USA Today, 15 May 2026 Archroma presented FiberColors, a range of dyes that are synthesized with a minimum of 50 percent wool waste, specifically fleeces that sheep farmers would otherwise pay to dispose of. —

Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 21 Apr. 2026 From grid fleeces to breathable quarter-zips to its signature Alpha Hoody (which can double as outerwear on warmer ski days), Arc’teryx delivers highly functional, durable pieces that will last for many, many ski seasons to come. —

Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 25 Feb. 2026 More than 90 volunteers slept on cots in a gym, where, under clotheslines heavy with green Alpini fleeces, perfectly made beds with Alpini hats on the pillows awaited the volunteers’ return. —

New York Times, 20 Feb. 2026 On Thursday afternoon, about 300 people in a mix of puffer coats and fleeces shuffled in place on a line that snaked south along Seventh Avenue to West 10th Street, wrapped around Julius’ and circled back — an Ouroborous. —

Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 12 Feb. 2026 The skin-friendly sweater layers easily under jackets, fleeces, and sweatshirts, or can be worn alone as a stylish sweater as the weather warms up. —

Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2026 For fashion, think Patagonia fleeces, Birkenstocks, flannel shirts and hiking shoes. —

Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025 And these picks, from outdoorsy fleeces to polished knee-high boots, are currently on sale for as little as $13. —

Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 8 Oct. 2025

Verb

Its activities go well beyond narcotics, to include timeshare fraud that fleeces Americans out of millions of dollars, US officials say. —

Mary Beth Sheridan, CNN Money, 24 Feb. 2026

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Although the word cashmere is sometimes incorrectly applied to extremely soft wools, only the product of the cashmere goat is true cashmere.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
Raising the bar on fabric research, Moorer paired technical wools or cotton chenille with silk, and introduced the rare and naturally soft yak fiber to the outerwear range.

— Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 2 Mar. 2026