as in sutured
to close up with a series of interlacing stitches
the doctor stitched the wound so adroitly that the scar was barely visible after the stitches were removed
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Recent Examples of stitched
Two men sat on either side of her, one in a hat with WHO RESCUED WHO stitched across it and the other wearing a pearl-button shirt.
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Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
Her approach to design, stitched with imperfection and forgiveness, mirrors her life’s arc from hardship to healing.
—Maria Williams, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
The graft is secured with sutures and the incision in the elbow is stitched back together.
—Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
All those old versions of me were stitched into these garments.
—Junnelle Hogen, Outside, 19 Oct. 2025
My only complaint is that the light blue stripes on the arm look printed, not stitched, which is kinda lame.
—The Athletic Nhl Staff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
The supple leather and stitched Puma formstrip logo appear a bit puffier than a standard Speedcat, but the overall changes made to the design are minimal.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
Names written in the air And stitched into the cloth of the day.
—K.j.s. “sunny” Anand, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
According to Rønning, this was all done in-camera by building police cars that were pre-cut in half, then stitched back together.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2025
Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
Her approach to design, stitched with imperfection and forgiveness, mirrors her life’s arc from hardship to healing.
—Maria Williams, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
The graft is secured with sutures and the incision in the elbow is stitched back together.
—Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
All those old versions of me were stitched into these garments.
—Junnelle Hogen, Outside, 19 Oct. 2025
My only complaint is that the light blue stripes on the arm look printed, not stitched, which is kinda lame.
—The Athletic Nhl Staff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
The supple leather and stitched Puma formstrip logo appear a bit puffier than a standard Speedcat, but the overall changes made to the design are minimal.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
Names written in the air And stitched into the cloth of the day.
—K.j.s. “sunny” Anand, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
According to Rønning, this was all done in-camera by building police cars that were pre-cut in half, then stitched back together.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stitched
Verb
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The travelogue portion of Walking the Bypass is sutured, sometimes maladroitly, to a history of the Crown’s abuses of Indigenous peoples.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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After placing supply caches the previous summer, John and his friends Alexander Drummond and Peter Vanderwall began in mid-March with newfangled fiberglass nordic skis and a pole-free tent that John sewed himself.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
29 Oct. 2025
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Aldrich, who sewed the badge himself on an article of clothing, attends the Zamorano Fine Arts Academy.—
Lori Weisberg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
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If the spacecraft cannot be repaired, protocol states the Shenzhou-20 crew will use the Shenzhou-21 team’s capsule to return to Earth.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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The jet that crashed Tuesday was 34 years old, and recently repaired its fuel tank in September.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Stitched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stitched. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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