selvages

plural of selvage

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for selvages
Noun
  • With it, organizations and ecosystems unlock a multiplier effect, where each contributor amplifies the others and opens new frontiers of innovation.
    David Henkin, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The ability to generate mid-infrared light efficiently could also open new frontiers in chemical and environmental analysis.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • When asked about the changing landscape of college athletics, Calipari said more regulations need to be put in place, including tougher restrictions on transfers and years that players are able to maintain eligibility.
    Michael Harley, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Estonia -- which shares a 183-mile frontier with Russia -- is now the only Baltic state not to have imposed new airspace restrictions along its eastern border.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This is what the borderlands taste like, that casual blending of cultures and flavors.
    Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Her books occupy the borderlands of realism and fable, where the plausible brushes up against the impossible, and the laws of narrative logic are bent just enough to let in the surreal.
    Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • However, the study has limitations.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Gulf states like Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the UAE could utilize their vast sovereign wealth funds to impose trade limitations on Israel.
    Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Demand-side measures are the right approach.
    Joel Thayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Early Adoption And Scalable Models Some housing measures are underway.
    Kira Golenko, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Prominently display warning labels that have appropriate age, height, and weight limits, including maximums.
    DeVonne Goode, Parents, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Figure HELOCs also have higher minimums and lower maximums — from $15,000 to $400,000 — compared to $10,000 to $1 million with Bank of America.
    Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In addition to the eight terminations, four deputies will be suspended for 10 days, one for 15 days, another for five days, two for three days and three for at least one day.
    Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Most of the terminations will be completed by mid-November and include accountants, cybersecurity specialists, legal counsel, payroll administrators and benefits managers.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That creates an uneventful race, like the one at Bristol earlier this spring, which had just four lead changes in 500 laps; afterward, fans pilloried the quality of the action on social media and satellite radio.
    Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
  • In April, Chandler Smith won the first Truck Series race of the season at Bristol, leading 127 of the 250 laps on his way to the win.
    Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Selvages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/selvages. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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