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Recent Examples of plait
airmail.news, 28 Sep. 2024
My youngest son has been wearing a No. 8 Ravens jersey since Jackson came into the league, rocking his plaits and winning games and MVP trophies with his legs as much as his arms.
—Andrea Williams, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
The key difference is that Bora Bora braids are typically plaited in line with the existing length of your natural hair, allowing the remainder of the curly human hair to billow outwards and form the bulk of the hairstyle.
—Ranyechi Udemezue, Vogue, 29 July 2024
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Noun
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
My youngest son has been wearing a No. 8 Ravens jersey since Jackson came into the league, rocking his plaits and winning games and MVP trophies with his legs as much as his arms.
—Andrea Williams, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Verb
Among the haunting remnants, one image has stayed with me—a child's lock of hair, neatly plaited and tied with a small red ribbon, matted with mud.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
The key difference is that Bora Bora braids are typically plaited in line with the existing length of your natural hair, allowing the remainder of the curly human hair to billow outwards and form the bulk of the hairstyle.
—Ranyechi Udemezue, Vogue, 29 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plait
braid
Noun
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The various story strands are plaited together so neatly as to become a single braid, with an emphasis on how much these lives interlock as the shelter inmates support each other.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
23 May 2025
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Her hair, styled by Mark Townsend, was swept into a low braid with a deep side part.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
20 May 2025
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“Plait.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plait. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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