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Recent Examples of plait
Noun
The series follows nine-year-old Pippi, a plucky girl with a pair of quirky plaits who moves to a Swedish village following the death of her parents.—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025 One of my black dresses in silk or cotton, knee socks, Simone Rocha pearly Crocs, a cashmere jumper, and a ponytail or two plaits.—airmail.news, 28 Sep. 2024
Verb
The student, who studies milliner and enjoys a technique called straw plaiting when crafting hats, thanked His Majesty and Chanel for their contributions.—Angel Saunders, People.com, 14 Dec. 2024 This fall, Tom Ford proposed a louche take on evening style, using black, slim-plaited, or delicately sequined scarves whose long tassels provocatively dangle at the hips.—Tom Stubbs, Robb Report, 30 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for plait
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plait
braid
Noun
Essentially, anything that allows hair to peek out while it’s tied back into ponytails or braids.
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Sydney Wingfield,
Glamour,
8 July 2025
Willie and son strike a chord When the curtain rose to reveal Willie Nelson, braids and all, the crowd once again rose as one.
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Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
7 July 2025
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