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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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 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for threading
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  • Entertainment Tonight correspondent Emily Curl will introduce the package, weaving in interviews and on-location interviews from the newsmagazine’s 45-year library of episodes.
    Josef Adalian, Vulture, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Adela follows her grandfather’s footsteps while transforming his political and anthropological work into art, weaving a sound map from languages at risk of disappearing.
    Callum McLennan, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026
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  • Instead, generative AI is stringing words together in a probabilistic way that closely resembles human writing.
    Roger J. Kreuz, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026
  • 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
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  • Advanced X-ray analysis confirmed that the electrode reliably repeats this two-step storage process, inserting zinc ions first and then adding protons.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images In late July, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang posted on X for the first time to defend open-source models in artificial intelligence, inserting himself into a debate that was raging across the industry.
    Kif Leswing, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026
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  • Jahan is a proponent of strategically mixing in all kinds of different textiles.
    Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 21 Aug. 2026
  • After mixing, chill the gelatin in the refrigerator until cold, but not set.
    Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 19 Aug. 2026

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“Threading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/threading. Accessed 25 Aug. 2026.

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