as in bias
an attitude that always favors one way of feeling or acting especially without considering any other possibilities
since taking a ply to French burgundies, he's hardly even looked at anything else in the wine store
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
as in to weave
to cause to twine about one another
two single yarns were plied together to get the fabric that smooth, firm feel
Synonyms & Similar Words
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of ply
Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Fortunately, companies and brands that use premium cashmere will usually have information on their websites; generally speaking, the more details provided — length of fibers, ply, and gauge — the better the sweater.
—Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2025
Manuel Veth, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Michael Urie is a consummate performer, equally comfortable plying his craft on stage, on camera, or in the bedroom of his New York apartment.
—Julian Sancton, HollywoodReporter, 22 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for ply
Noun
Shutters or reinforcing with ply board can be used to block flying debris, which is the leading cause of structural breaches, these help prevent extensive damage and costly repairs.
—Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Fortunately, companies and brands that use premium cashmere will usually have information on their websites; generally speaking, the more details provided — length of fibers, ply, and gauge — the better the sweater.
—Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
Canada will host the FIFA World Cup in 2026, and the country’s biggest soccer star, Alphonso Davies, currently plies his trade in the Bundesliga, playing for powerhouse Bayern Munich.
—Manuel Veth, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Michael Urie is a consummate performer, equally comfortable plying his craft on stage, on camera, or in the bedroom of his New York apartment.
—Julian Sancton, HollywoodReporter, 22 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for ply
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ply
Noun
-
In that vacuum, Republicans have often ascribed political bias as the motivation without providing concrete evidence to back it up, said Stevenson, the debanking expert.—
Jake Pearson,
ProPublica,
9 Sep. 2025
-
The state alleges Alam intentionally selected the church primarily because of his bias or prejudice against the state of Israel or the Jewish faith.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
-
Nowadays people see small images on their phones so there’s a tendency to crop in on everything.—
Adam Morganstern,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
-
With that said, his biggest flaw remains a tendency to sail throws high from the pocket.—
Tim Crowley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
-
During a hospital stay, Roy’s enfeebled mother fixates on the caste and religious affiliations of the doctors treating her—the sort of thing that will be familiar to anyone who has cringed at a diminished elder’s unfiltered prejudices.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
3 Sep. 2025
-
From hiring algorithms that penalize women to facial recognition systems that misidentify people of color, AI is at risk of replicating—and even amplifying—our worst human prejudices.—
Sagar Gupta,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Ply.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ply. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share