as in braiding
to form into a braid
pleat ribbons
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Recent Examples of pleating
The dress’ skirt included a pleating effect, accentuating the vibrant vertical stripes.
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Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
The dress included pleating throughout with a cutout featured just below the cape of the dress.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2025
Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
The dress included pleating throughout with a cutout featured just below the cape of the dress.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pleating
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The color-happy fiber braiding here is another detail to look forward to, capable of adding boldness to your otherwise quiet-luxury ‘fit formulas during fall.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
30 Sep. 2025
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The incenses were twisting in the air, the different smokes braiding themselves like hair in Coraline’s gloved fingers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 2025
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While critical local and Indigenous knowledge is recognized in the report, it is largely excluded from assessments, both because weaving it with conventional scientific analysis is difficult or because communities may choose to protect certain knowledge.—
Jessica Beaudette,
The Conversation,
11 Oct. 2025
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This invisible, climate-polluting gas can escape into the water through fissures in the sea floor, often revealing itself with a stream of bubbles weaving their way up to the ocean surface.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Pleating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pleating. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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