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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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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
Clapper’s work was threaded through the wave of Syracuse rape cases.
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Joaquin Sapien,
ProPublica,
30 June 2026
In one of prettiest team goals of this tournament, Ayase Ueda skillfully found Ritsu Doan, who threaded it to Maeda.
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Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
26 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
This design is an upgrade on previous designs which have had such tubes threaded through mesh material, a time-consuming task, Ralston said.
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Chelsea Gohd,
Space.com,
8 June 2026
Joaquin Sapien,
ProPublica,
30 June 2026
In one of prettiest team goals of this tournament, Ayase Ueda skillfully found Ritsu Doan, who threaded it to Maeda.
—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
26 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
This design is an upgrade on previous designs which have had such tubes threaded through mesh material, a time-consuming task, Ralston said.
—
Chelsea Gohd,
Space.com,
8 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for threaded
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As mourners talked quietly, nursery rhymes were interspersed with traditional gospel hymns.
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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.
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The tiny round succulent beads on a string of pearl plant resemble pearls strung on a necklace.
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Walking in the historic center of the city—where motorbikes flash by on narrow streets, laundry hangs from balconies, and giant pennants of the city’s team are strung high overhead—one witnesses several devotional Maradona tableaux.
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In Leo’s case, the first-generation constellation is designed to span 3,232 satellites inserted into specific orbits to cover certain geographic regions.
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For small, simple molecules, the researchers simply inserted a gene that encodes a pore protein into the SpudCell genome.
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Ureña, a 22-year-old right-hander who has emerged as another potential ace, speaks of Soriano with a giddy amusement mixed with a solemn respect for how the starter has survived in the big leagues.
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The material has been designed as a partial replacement and can be mixed into standard concrete recipes to replace up to 30% of Portland cement.
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Wilyer Abreu added a two-run double, and relievers Jovani Morán, Greg Weissert and Alec Gamboa combined for three hitless innings for the Red Sox, who have won seven of nine games.
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Wilyer Abreu added a two-run double, and relievers Jovani Morán, Greg Weissert and Alec Gamboa combined for three hitless innings for the Red Sox (39-48), who have won seven of nine games.
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Kimchi Kimchi is a traditional Korean food made from salted, seasoned, and fermented vegetables, most often cabbage.
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Additionally, while seeds are heart-healthy, roasted and salted seeds can be high in sodium.
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But on the resulting corner kick, France gets the ball to Mbappé who deftly weaved between defenders for the first goal of the game.
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Today, Sauk Trail, which once weaved its way from Rock Island and the Mississippi River on the west to Indiana and beyond, has been chopped, diced, and sliced by road builders.
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“Threaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/threaded. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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