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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Anderson is a rare and rangy breed of cinematic maximalist—a satirical quasi-historian and pop-cultural magpie with a gift for weaving disparate influences into a marvellously unruly synthesis.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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Of course, for most visitors, the very act of lining up, sweating, and weaving through stalls is part of the magic of visiting Taiwan.—
Clarissa Wei,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Pleating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pleating. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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