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Recent Examples of quilt
Graham Averill, Outside, 20 Mar. 2026
The world opened up from beneath a homemade quilt and atop a shag carpet.
—Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Aug. 2025
The Louisville Nimble Thimbles quilting guild donates hundreds of quilts annually to Norton Children's Hospital and other organizations.
—Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 14 Aug. 2025
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Noun
On top, a double quilt filled with chemical-free 650+ down drapes over you like a comforter.
—Graham Averill, Outside, 20 Mar. 2026
The world opened up from beneath a homemade quilt and atop a shag carpet.
—Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
Verb
Typically, the type of toilet paper that creates these problems is thick, multi-ply, or quilted toilet paper.
—Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Aug. 2025
The Louisville Nimble Thimbles quilting guild donates hundreds of quilts annually to Norton Children's Hospital and other organizations.
—Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quilt
Noun
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Nancy Metayer Bowen had been shot to death and wrapped in a comforter and trash bags.—
South Florida Sun Sentinel,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2026
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Prices start at $30, with the best lightweight comforter options available at Amazon, Quince, Macy’s, and Target.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Create a New Item Your new stash of yarn can be used to knit or crochet something new to wear, such as a scarf, hat, or another sweater.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
8 Mar. 2026
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Last year, Underwood shared her crocheting journey via her Instagram page, posting her progress at learning the craft.—
Sarah Sotoodeh,
FOXNews.com,
1 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The grainy technique is particularly visible in Il grand letto azzurro (1965), featured in the Lévy Gorvy Dayan show, where close inspection of the teal bedspread reveals a tan floral pattern made up of non-pigmented sand.—
Stephanie Sporn,
Vogue,
21 Mar. 2026
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And in others, the bedspreads and canopies boldly match the drapes and even the wall coverings.—
Kathryn Romeyn,
Architectural Digest,
9 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Xiong’an New Area, a flagship development launched in 2017 to absorb non-capital functions from Beijing and knit together the Beijing‑Tianjin‑Hebei region, has entered a new phase of build‑out and operations, according to recent dispatches from Chinese state media.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2026
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Even more disquieting, to me, is the fact that these camera systems have created a mass location tracking infrastructure knitted together by artificial intelligence.—
Jess Reia,
The Conversation,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Keep scrolling for our favorite duvet covers, quilts, and coverlets that will keep you comfortable and complement your bedroom’s design.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
17 Mar. 2026
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Try styling it with tonal layers: Soft neutrals, an exaggerated lumbar pillow, and a simple coverlet so the stripe reads more like depth than pattern.—
Elly Leavitt,
Vogue,
11 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Pratesi’s Impero line, which includes sheets, towels, and this cozy cotton terry robe, is embroidered with a laurel leaf design that recalls famous leaders from Julius Caesar to Napoleon Bonaparte.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
31 Mar. 2026
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The most marvelous of all the vestments is a cope embroidered in a workshop in Genoa in the late 17th century.—
Sarah Kozlowski,
Dallas Morning News,
21 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Abe Lemons won an NIT and always filled reporters’ notebooks with colorful and outlandish quotes in between puffs on his ever-present cigar.—
Kirk Bohls,
Houston Chronicle,
25 Mar. 2026
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The seventy-year-old filmmaker took a puff of his cigar and smiled.—
Holden Seidlitz,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Beneath wall text describing Báthory’s ghoulish crimes and her macabre punishment, bloody mannequins in nightshirts, one with its throat hideously cut, sprawl across a counterpane.—
Sam Lipsyte,
Harper’s Magazine ,
27 Apr. 2022
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The bed was draped in a cranberry-red silk counterpane.—
Jon Meacham,
House Beautiful,
1 Oct. 2013
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“Quilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quilt. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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