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Recent Examples of pleat
Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Hathaway wears an ankle-length silk dress with pleating around the bodice to give the dress shape and a sheer overlay across the neckline.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 20 Aug. 2025
Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
The hem on this style also includes pleats for a polished appearance.
—Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Chouyatou Linen-Blend Palazzo Pants These trousers are designed in a linen and cotton blend with an exaggerated wide-leg silhouette, exposed five-button fly, and pleats at the hips.
—Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Hathaway wears an ankle-length silk dress with pleating around the bodice to give the dress shape and a sheer overlay across the neckline.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
The dress featured an A-line midi skirt with pleats and a corset detail around the waist.
—Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
The hem on this style also includes pleats for a polished appearance.
—Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pleat
Verb
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When the humans return, there are only a handful, better clothed, hair braided and combed, new fashions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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To complete the ensemble, braid your hair into two plaits and tie them with baby blue bows at the ends.—
Emma Kershaw,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In saying all of this, the Taylor Swift penchant for plaits goes way back.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
1 Nov. 2025
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To complete the ensemble, braid your hair into two plaits and tie them with baby blue bows at the ends.—
Emma Kershaw,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Elemental sulfur recovered from the process can be applied as a soil amendment for agriculture, creating a closed-loop system that could benefit both industry and the environment.—
Sixteen Ramos,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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This creates a self-sustaining loop that drives pigment production at unprecedented levels.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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What really makes the dress stand out is its chic details, which includes a structured seam around the waist, gold-tone decorative buttons, and a mock neckline.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
5 Nov. 2025
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Before-and-after photos first shared on social media by Marilyn Monroe historian and collector Scott Fortner showed that the dress had signs of damage, including missing crystals and several small rips along the zipper seam.—
Michelle Lee,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 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 work, led by Professor Zijian Li, confirms that the synergistic effect of K+ and C3N4 co-intercalation significantly reduces the electrostatic interaction between Zn2+ and the [VOn] layer, improves the specific capacity and cycling stability.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Nov. 2025
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But perspective offered no relief, only a layer of guilt.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Then the evil grin loses its enthusiasm, gradually working its way to a toothless pucker.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
11 Oct. 2025
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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
Noun
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Iron Any Creases or Wrinkles Nothing blurs the beauty, color, and pattern of a beautiful curtain than wrinkles and creases.—
Shivani Vyas,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Nov. 2025
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Olofsson took a beautiful backward pass from MacKinnon in the right crease and easily wristed one past Markstrom.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Pleat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pleat. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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