pleach

Definition of pleachnext

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of pleach Pool Garden Linden trees are pleached and underplanted with liriope, while boxwood hedges frame pink annuals. Owen Holmes, House Beautiful, 23 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pleach
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
  • Ayad Akhtar, the author of Homeland Elegies, plaits autofiction with philosophical inquiry.
    Hamilton Cain, Time, 22 Dec. 2025
  • The struggle is not due to a lack of options, though: Boho braids wrapped into an elegant bun; cornrows neatly plaited into a bow; and small, knotless braids with wavy ends are just a few ways to wear braids down the aisle.
    Annie Blay-Tettey, Allure, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Armstrong was surveyed and platted in 1871 by a representative of the Kansas Pacific Railway Company.
    Elijah Winkler, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2026
  • On average, the city is platting 892 acres per year and is projected to need 911 acres per year for new growth and development.
    Angela George, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 14 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Frying is an art, perhaps plied nowhere with such efficiency and aplomb as at this lively lunch counter, where the very air seems to crackle and the scent of pork incites the blood.
    Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026
  • But Venegas’ parents were artists above all — photographers specifically, a trade now plied by Yvonne — and as such, romantics at heart and in practice.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
Verb
  • And there’s a lot of people who are going to be implicated in what actually happened.
    NBC news, NBC news, 10 May 2026
  • The scandal seemed to implicate large swaths of the regime, but only two Fidesz politicians—two of the Party’s most prominent women—suffered any immediate consequences.
    Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
Verb
  • Tourists and scientists want to know On Thursday, three tractors spent more than an hour raking the beach at South Pointe Park in Miami Beach as beachgoers weaved around them, stepping over thick piles of sargassum that turned the shoreline water a murky brown.
    Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 9 May 2026
  • Marner weaved past Husso and tucked the puck in off his backhand.
    Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 9 May 2026

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“Pleach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pleach. Accessed 16 May. 2026.

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