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Recent Examples of pleat
Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 16 July 2025
The structural demands of the dress, including the draping and little pleats, were achieved with a silicon-poly fiber so that the dress could hold up during multiple days of rehearsals and shooting.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 14 July 2025
Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 28 July 2025
Jeans with twisted seams, pleating, high waists and deep contrasting cuffs laid the foundation to looks that include damask blazers and shirts featuring paintings by Edvard Munch and Elizabeth Peyton.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 9 July 2025
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Verb
The top was left unzipped, and the skirt, which was designed with nearly perfect pleats, gave off straight 2000s energy.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 16 July 2025
The structural demands of the dress, including the draping and little pleats, were achieved with a silicon-poly fiber so that the dress could hold up during multiple days of rehearsals and shooting.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 14 July 2025
Noun
That reason could be water-soluble dyes or finishes, sizing, pleating, or any other number of things.
—Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 28 July 2025
Jeans with twisted seams, pleating, high waists and deep contrasting cuffs laid the foundation to looks that include damask blazers and shirts featuring paintings by Edvard Munch and Elizabeth Peyton.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 9 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pleat
Verb
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This was a city already written into outdoor lore, where counterculture and endurance have long braided together.—
Skylar Mitchell,
Essence,
9 Sep. 2025
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Synergistic alignment involves braiding the strategies for adapting to single trend-factors into new, vastly superior bundles.—
Jerry Cahn,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The look became a real-life flower crown in an adorable way, with fresh white flowers tucked into the plait.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
21 July 2025
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Her black hair was tied into a long plait that fell over her shoulder.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 July 2025
Noun
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Understand how long deployments take, what training is required, and whether the data strategy creates a feedback loop for continual improvement.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
8 Sep. 2025
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Without explicit feedback loops—behavioral signals, retraining pipelines and active learning mechanisms—most models get stale over time.—
Keshav Agrawal,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Umberto was very patient and bided his time until a seam opened up.—
Danny Brewer,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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The outer is covered in on-trend dark brown faux suede accented with a seam of faux leather stitching for a modern look.—
Shea Simmons,
Southern Living,
30 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The corrugation process guarantees that the containers are robust and lightweight, which is necessary for stacking and transportation in an efficient manner.—
CMG Containers,
Sun Sentinel,
1 May 2024
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And—as expected—the solid rear axle does its usual dance on corrugations as well as its obligatory wag on big one-wheel bumps.—
Barry Winfield,
Car and Driver,
1 Aug. 2023
Noun
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The water pressure then causes the vehicle to rise and slide on a thin layer of water between the tires and the road, making the driver lose control.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
4 Sep. 2025
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The flowy wide-leg pants are breathable, and the cardigan adds an extra layer of warmth when temperatures drop.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Unlike most fruity orange sauces, the Pickled Prince version isn’t sugar-forward — kumquats have the perfect mixture of sweet punch and pucker to complement the habanero.—
Ahmed Ali Akbar,
Chicago Tribune,
18 June 2025
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Protect your pucker while pampering it with this vitamin C mineral lip serum that comes in two shades that flatter everyone: Baby Pink and Neutral Peach.—
Celia Shatzman,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
Noun
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Gurman says the company may use the iPhone's in-cell touch screen to avoid the air gaps and prominent crease that on-screen touch screens could have.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
25 Aug. 2025
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There are some subtle additions to help differentiate the Blackwing from the regular CT5-V, too, such as more diagonal creases in its front end design and a larger rear spoiler that can be optioned in chic carbon fiber.—
Peter Nelson,
Forbes.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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“Pleat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pleat. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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