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 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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  • McDonald was outstanding in the final, a lithe genius skilfully weaving through the strapping men around him.
    Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 27 July 2026
  • Like Suarez, the Boston bullpen spent some time weaving in and out of traffic.
    Gabrielle Starr, Hartford Courant, 26 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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  • When Hwang spoke with The Star, Erneste sat with her, softly inserting details and filling in gaps in Hwang’s recollection.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026
  • In his free time, Tupper experimented with his own polyethylene creations, including a shaving cream dispenser with a self-closing cap and a clear belt with slots for inserting snapshots.
    Shoshi Parks, Popular Science, 30 July 2026
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  • Videos on Iranian social media showed many women at the cafes flouting mandatory veiling laws, and crowds mixing freely.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Kilgore, whom the team took in the fifth round, has been mixing into a couple of different roles for the Bills early in camp, with safety being his usual home during team drills.
    Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026

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“Threading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/threading. Accessed 3 Aug. 2026.

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