threaded

past tense of thread
1
as in interspersed
to scatter or set here and there among other things this history book threads excerpts from the diaries of pioneer women into its account of the settlement of the West

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2
as in strung
to put together into a series by means of or as if by means of a thread the reporter threaded his newspaper articles about the basketball team into a book that was essentially a chronicle of their championship season

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Recent Examples of threaded The thighs just need to be sliced into large pieces (1½-2 inches is the sweet spot) before being threaded onto skewers. Kate Williams, AJC.com, 6 July 2026 Within a minute, Vinícius threaded the ball right to Endrick as part of a counterattack, but the teen phenom sent his shot wide. Doha Madani, NBC news, 5 July 2026 Clapper’s work was threaded through the wave of Syracuse rape cases. Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 30 June 2026 Across four days and 13 concerts, Salonen threaded his contemporaries, neglected Italian modernists, Lutoslawski and Ligeti, Stravinsky with his own works into Ojai’s alfresco soundscape of birdsong, film screenings and experiments. Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026 The tow lot was surrounded by chain-link fencing threaded with strips of plastic and topped by barbed wire. Paige Williams, New Yorker, 22 June 2026 Rita Ora gave white knee-high boots three times the lace at the Isle of Wight Festival on Saturday, performing at Seaclose Park in Newport in a pair threaded up the front, back and outer side. Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 21 June 2026 An adaptation of the Stephen King novel of the same name and a sequel to The Shining, director Mike Flanagan threaded an impressive needle with 2019's Doctor Sleep. Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 16 June 2026 Instead, it is built primarily from areolar and adipose connective tissue, which is loose, fatty, flexible material threaded through with a surprisingly generous blood supply and a dense network of nerve endings. Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for threaded
Verb
  • Action has come and gone in this match, with short spurts of chances interspersed with plenty of passive play.
    NBC News, NBC news, 7 July 2026
  • On his Instagram, happy photos of his family living the American dream are interspersed with violent admonitions about the forces lurking in his own community and seeking to destroy him.
    Christopher Hooks, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • Students set up tents and information tables and strung large banners around an outdoor amphitheater at the center of campus.
    Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026
  • Our backyards become little restaurants, strung with lights and softened with linen tablecloths, and our rooftops become cocktail parties and dance halls.
    Jamila Robinson, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • The launch materials are full of claymation selfies, custom postcards, and pets inserted into famous paintings.
    Gabriel Alin Zainescu, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • That release will include special editions and randomly inserted Kaws’ autographs.
    Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 8 July 2026
Verb
  • Freeze Pop flavors mixed with lemonade and oat milk, topped with sweet cold foam and dragonfruit pieces for a nostalgic, fruity sip.
    Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 8 July 2026
  • When the spinach is mixed in with noodles and cheese, no one will mind eating their greens.
    Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 8 July 2026
Verb
  • Yesavage and San Diego starter Walker Buehler combined walked 11 batters before the end of the second inning.
    ABC News, ABC News, 12 July 2026
  • Ferrer ended up playing in Guns N’ Roses for 19 years, longer than Steven Adler and Matt Sorum combined, becoming the longest-serving drummer in the band’s history.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2026
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  • Cornbread also has flavors of raspberry lemonade, salted watermelon and blueberry breeze.
    Angela Hansberger, AJC.com, 6 July 2026
  • My homework for you is to go get yourself a tomato and try an unsalted and salted slice side by side.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
Verb
  • The driver weaved between two lanes of traffic and drove directly into a concrete overhead sign support pole.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026
  • In his speech after the tour, Trump weaved between his own administration’s work while returning to lessons drawn from Roosevelt’s life, recounting stories of bravery during Roosevelt’s time in the West and as president.
    Jack Dura, Fortune, 2 July 2026

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“Threaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/threaded. Accessed 12 Jul. 2026.

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