threading

present participle of thread
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as in weaving
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 stringing
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 threading As Sourcing Journal has been reporting, artificial intelligence is threading through nearly all of these investments, though rarely as a standalone product. Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 17 July 2026 In terms of threading the needle between the experimentation and playing Lestat does before landing on a style that’s uniquely his, Lestat’s preference for musical exploration is akin to Hart’s own. Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026 Its remaining five songs seem to appear at random, never gelling into a cohesive force or threading a narrative. Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 6 July 2026 Nick Moon put Boise on the scoresheet in the 22nd minute, threading a wormburner through the box and into the Knoxville (9-2-3) net. Idaho Statesman, 3 July 2026 These specialized cells multiply and close up wounds to reduce the risk of infection, threading the site with stiff strings of collagen and fibronectin for extra support. Mike McRae 28, New Atlas, 28 June 2026 Jonathan David, Canada's captain, made a drive into the attacking third before threading the pass to Ahmed, who was well positioned to hit at Kobel's left side. Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 25 June 2026 Her first retrospective opens this week at the Hessel Museum of Art at Bard College in upstate New York, where curator Candice Hopkins has brought together some 55 works, threading them together with contextual archival materials. Lua Vollaard, ARTnews.com, 24 June 2026 Advertisement Maintaining that influential position requires threading a needle. Justin Worland, Time, 12 June 2026
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  • More magic can be found on the tiny streets weaving through Florence.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026
  • The region was part of a much older textile tradition, with generations of artisans spinning, dyeing and weaving cotton into a lightweight, breathable fabric to combat the temperatures of the subcontinent.
    Brett F. Braley-Palko, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
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  • The duo’s latest work suggests that the apes can create new meaning by stringing sounds together in pairs — something akin to syntax, which was once thought to be a unique hallmark of human language.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 3 June 2026
  • In early November, Edie Harmon, who has documented border wall activity in the Jacumba Wilderness since 2020, learned that Marines were stringing wire in an area called Skull Valley.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
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  • For larger containers, Steinkopf recommends inserting a wooden dowel into the pot to check moisture deeper in the root ball, since the bottom may still be damp even if the surface feels dry.
    Colleen Sullivan, Martha Stewart, 21 July 2026
  • Coming off a left hip flexor strain, the Mets wanted to give him a full workday before inserting him into the lineup again, which wasn’t possible with the wildfire smoke.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 16 July 2026
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  • The sport of kings, as it was known, also transcended class boundaries, with blue-collar bettors mixing with relatively wealthy owners and middle-class fans.
    Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026
  • Philippe the Original was in business, but Musso & Frank Grill was three years away from mixing its first martini.
    Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026

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“Threading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/threading. Accessed 27 Jul. 2026.

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