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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  • Dow stood with three tattooed and shirtless jumpers, weaving white paracord through hooks in the canvas and cinching it tight.
    M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Ousmane Kromah had a weaving 52-yard run in the fourth quarter.
    ABC News, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026
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  • 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
  • Instead, generative AI is stringing words together in a probabilistic way that closely resembles human writing.
    Roger J. Kreuz, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026
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  • Sadly, the production was a downer, draining Kushner’s masterpiece of color and humor and inserting, in their place, gloomy projections of cityscapes and, unaccountably, David Bowie songs.
    Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Extending Zero Trust To Code Applying zero trust to code execution does not mean inserting manual review into every software path or replacing controls such as EDR, vulnerability management, SAST, SCA, SBOMs, signing or provenance.
    Ken Ammon, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
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  • In another study, mixing in lentils with rice or instant potatoes resulted in lower blood sugar than eating the rice or potatoes alone.
    Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 4 Sep. 2026
  • By taking stem cells from a host’s own body and encouraging them to differentiate before mixing them with a commercially available, soluble matrix gel, researchers may have cracked the most critical problems in the transplant process.
    Mike McRae September 02, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026

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“Threading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/threading. Accessed 8 Sep. 2026.

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