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Recent Examples of pleat
Melony Forcier, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2025
Plus, save on breezy tops with pretty details like pleating, ruffles, and Swiss dots.
—Isabel Garcia, People.com, 19 Mar. 2025
Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 24 Mar. 2025
Her look included a bra top and high-waist skirt with a pin pleat detail.
—Jackie Fields, People.com, 16 Feb. 2025
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Verb
This stylish top has subtle pleating along the chest that meets a fun, puffy sleeve.
—Melony Forcier, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2025
Plus, save on breezy tops with pretty details like pleating, ruffles, and Swiss dots.
—Isabel Garcia, People.com, 19 Mar. 2025
Noun
For Night Charades, a lot of the characters are dressed in clothing with a lot of pleats.
—Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 24 Mar. 2025
Her look included a bra top and high-waist skirt with a pin pleat detail.
—Jackie Fields, People.com, 16 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pleat
Verb
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There, with help from her mom, the UC San Diego student applied the finishing touches to her tribal regalia and hair — the latter braided, banded and decorated with real otter skins — in anticipation of the day’s events.—
Jennifer Van Grove,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 May 2025
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At roughly the same time the Pelican State was creating a braiding license, Mississippian Melony Armstrong was fighting against her state’s requirement that braiders get 3,200 hours of training that didn’t include braiding as a subject.—
Andrew Wimer,
Forbes.com,
5 May 2025
Noun
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Other braids seen on the runway included messy, pulled out pigtails and tiny face-framing plaits.—
Ranyechi Udemezue,
Vogue,
26 Feb. 2025
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Lawrence also wore her hair in thick plaits, and donned a pair of orange lensed, oval sunglasses.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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There’s trekking pole attachment loops, a stretchy outer pocket with room enough for a layer or rain jacket, and the combination of a roll-top closure, compression straps and full length side zip makes accessing everything super easy.—
Scott Gilbertson,
Wired News,
1 May 2025
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Build Feedback Loops That Invite Lived Experience Into Process Effective third space organizations build feedback loops that move in every direction—top down, bottom up, and laterally—with transparency, accountability, and storytelling at their core.—
Mary Hemphill, PhD,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
Noun
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As the seams grew narrower over the years, more rock was mined along with the coal, including silica-rich sandstone.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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The perfect balance of power and speed, Jeanty, at 5-foot-9, 211 pounds is the home-run-hitting back that teams dream about – think Saquon Barkley and Derrick Henry finding a seam and exploiting it for a long touchdown.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 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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Electrons in today’s graphene can move up to a micrometer before getting scattered by imperfections, such as corrugations in the surface of the material or grain boundaries between adjacent crystal patches.—
Chun-Yung Sung,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Jan. 2012
Noun
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Blade Material 3 layers of Japanese steel: an AUS10 core and SUS1A-1 outer layers Made in China Blade length 8 inches Total length 12.8 inches Edge 11.5 deg.—
Molly Higgins,
Wired News,
2 May 2025
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This lunation is a powerful moment for shedding layers that no longer serve us.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 May 2025
Noun
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That sort of a mouth pucker is my favorite thing about it, and just being slightly disrespectful to Keanu.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
30 Apr. 2025
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Clinically-proven to increase lip volume by up to 20% and reduce fine lines by up to 33%, the smoothing formula will prettify your pucker.—
Celia Shatzman,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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For hanging scrolls, creases are common because scrolls are always rolled up and down—but over time, creases can create tears.—
Nathan Pugh,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Apr. 2025
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This method will minimize creases and save suitcase space.—
Amy Louise Bailey,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Pleat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pleat. Accessed 16 May. 2025.
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