threading

present participle of thread
1
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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2
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 Mamdani’s alternative would revisit the 2006 strategy by threading an elevated bypass into the narrow slot between the BQE and Brooklyn Bridge Park. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 24 Aug. 2026 The set is made up of a basic tee and roomy shorts that feature contrast threading to give them some stylish edge. — Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 8 Aug. 2026 The route includes the not-quite-9-foot-wide Needles Eye Tunnel; creeping through it feels like threading its namesake. — Jess Hoffert, Midwest Living, 5 Aug. 2026 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
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Verb
  • By weaving lasercomm links across space, airborne and terrestrial nodes alongside existing fiber and RF, leaders create self-healing mesh networks that guarantee mission-critical throughput even when primary links are severed or jammed.
    — Rohit Jha, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Born and raised in the Echo Park area of Los Angeles, Duplan grew up around music culture, weaving it into his own narrative.
    — William Jones, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • From stringing her Syrn bras across the Hollywood sign to her divisive American Eagle ad, she is used to the drama.
    — Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Finally, on a Sunday night in January, Ricky Craig began stringing Christmas lights around the base of a vast, unidentifiable object—half of the storybook cottage formerly known as Pinky.
    — Nicola Twilley, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The most finicky part of the setup was actually inserting the battery for the igniter.
    — Noah Kaufman, Architectural Digest, 2 Oct. 2026
  • For Murray Hooper, medical officials again struggled to find his vein and ended up inserting a catheter near his groin, according to the Arizona Republic.
    — Victoria Arancio, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The Morrison critique — that bottlenecks come from mixing prep, cook and clean activities in the same square foot — is pushing designers to treat the room as a cluster of task zones rather than one open space.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Research has shown that mixing ketamine with other substances such as alcohol can be dangerous, potentially leading to problems including respiratory depression, where breathing becomes dangerously slow or shallow.
    — Violet Jira, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026

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“Threading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/threading. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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