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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
Beiruty follows Andrea across seven years, threading stop-motion animation through a sustained dialogue with her subject about autonomy, compromise and self-determination.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Apr. 2026
The secret sauce, thanks to advances in plastic injection molding, was a drop-in film cartridge that eliminated the difficulties some people had threading roll film.
—Marcia Greenwood, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Rise early, get to the airport, fly into Zurich, then board a three-hour train (with at least one transfer or three), threading slowly through mountain valleys.
—Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2026
Be sure to use fresh plumber's tape when threading the showerhead back on to prevent leaks.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 9 Apr. 2026
And Cora is so good at threading needles on these issues, as in communicating his wishes without insulting this or that player.
—Steve Buckley, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
To get the necessary political buy-in from the whole state, the plan called for the train to run inland, threading the farmland of the Central Valley.
—Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
This terrific new Bloomberg profile details how Microsoft CFO Amy Hood has emerged as one of the most powerful—and controversial—figures shaping the company’s AI strategy, tasked with threading the needle between runaway infrastructure spending and the risk of falling behind in the AI race.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
What's different – beyond the material in question – is the use of a triangular needle tip that avoids cutting through the wood fibers when threading through them, and nylon yarn that's strong yet flexible.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 30 Mar. 2026
Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Apr. 2026
The secret sauce, thanks to advances in plastic injection molding, was a drop-in film cartridge that eliminated the difficulties some people had threading roll film.
—Marcia Greenwood, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Rise early, get to the airport, fly into Zurich, then board a three-hour train (with at least one transfer or three), threading slowly through mountain valleys.
—Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2026
Be sure to use fresh plumber's tape when threading the showerhead back on to prevent leaks.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 9 Apr. 2026
And Cora is so good at threading needles on these issues, as in communicating his wishes without insulting this or that player.
—Steve Buckley, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
To get the necessary political buy-in from the whole state, the plan called for the train to run inland, threading the farmland of the Central Valley.
—Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
This terrific new Bloomberg profile details how Microsoft CFO Amy Hood has emerged as one of the most powerful—and controversial—figures shaping the company’s AI strategy, tasked with threading the needle between runaway infrastructure spending and the risk of falling behind in the AI race.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
What's different – beyond the material in question – is the use of a triangular needle tip that avoids cutting through the wood fibers when threading through them, and nylon yarn that's strong yet flexible.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 30 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for threading
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Now the Catalan viol virtuoso returns to Zellerbach Hall with a program featuring his Hespèrion XXI and nearly three dozen international musicians in a concert weaving a range of musical traditions.—
Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Until this point, they were restricted to weaving their way through city streets.—
Michael Butler,
Miami Herald,
15 Apr. 2026
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Speaking of breathing, Cleveland is not happy to hear that Cunningham still has any breath in his lungs and implores Jamie to make an example out of him by stringing him up in the nearest tree.—
Lincee Ray,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Apr. 2026
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Story, who is now 0 for his last 13, said the offense needs to do a better job stringing quality at-bats together.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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Cora made lineup changes Monday, moving Trevor Story down to the five-hole and inserting Masataka Yoshida into the two-hole.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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But humans have a long habit of inserting their own feelings into the story of the dinosaurs.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2026
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With eight minutes left in the contest, Kempe bonked Cale Makar in the back of the head, then went to the box for mixing it up with captain Gabe Landeskog, who came to Makar’s defense, shortly thereafter.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
20 Apr. 2026
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And really got to that and did a nice job of mixing the four-seamer, the two-seamer.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Threading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/threading. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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