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noun

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plural of thread

as in clothing

covering for the human body a number of people at the prom complimented me on my "nice threads"

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verb

present tense third-person singular of thread

as in weaves

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 strings

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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Noun

These white threads are cloaked in sheaths of chitin — the same sugar polymer that forms the tough exoskeletons of beetles, crabs, and lobsters — and can be easily grown in flasks and Petri dishes. —

Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026 And brightly colored spools of bare fiber in green, blue and orange offered a glimpse into the digital threads that will power the future of artificial intelligence and data centers around North Carolina and the country. —

Charlotte Observer, 31 Mar. 2026 The threads link works across the gallery, forming visual and conceptual relationships between artists. —

Olga Garcia-Mayoral, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2026 The hooks on her legs catch on the threads of a sock. —

María Ospina, The Dial, 31 Mar. 2026 But peer recommendations in local Facebook groups and Reddit threads are where women are actually finding referrals in 2026. —

Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2026 While the Tennessee Titans already shed their former colors and logos before the NFL Draft, with an entire event to showcase their new threads and emblem, the Rams are keeping their changes much more lowkey. —

Tyler Erzberger, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026 Throughout, there are instances where the filmmakers, in their effort to craft an intricate, humanistic mosaic, leave some compelling threads unexplored in favor of moving the story along. —

Carlos Aguilar, IndieWire, 20 Mar. 2026 However, the bedding itself has held up well without any fraying threads or color fading. —

Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 17 Mar. 2026

Verb

That personal history threads through everything about The Person Who Believed in Me. —

H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026 Another option is the Kiwanis Trail that threads its way through a shallow, cupped canyon. —

Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 21 Feb. 2026 TikToks promising secret loopholes, Reddit threads dissecting deductions and content creators insisting ways to outsmart the IRS. —

Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 18 Feb. 2026 Cristian’s fixation on winning a vintage two-bit arcade game on the sidewalk not far from Olga’s home is a romantic touch that turns, briefly, surreal as Cristian mentally threads his experience with the game into his experience with his now certainly dying mother. —

Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 18 Feb. 2026 The two-lane loop threads its way among forests and A-frames and cabins, skirting the waters of June Lake and the lake’s village, which is only a few blocks long. —

Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026 What threads them is an insistence, maybe even a stubbornness, that shopping still belongs in the physical world. —

Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Jan. 2026 Once her nose is in place, Elvira gets an eyelash transplant whereby the same doctor threads fake lashes through her lower eyelid. —

Andrew McGowan, Variety, 23 Dec. 2025 First walked by pilgrims following in the footsteps of Saint Francis of Assisi, like the Camino de Santiago that threads the breadth of Spain, the Via Lauretana winds through Umbria’s quiet interior, linking Assisi to Loreto, located just across the border in Marche on the Adriatic coast. —

Laura May Todd, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2025

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Noun

Carry a windshield scraper, jumper cables, a small shovel, flashlight, cell phone, blanket and additional warm clothing, drinking water, and high-calorie non-perishable food.

— CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 31 Mar. 2026
It is named after Edward Dilworth Latta, a traveling salesman who opened a clothing store in 1876.

— Chase Jordan March 30, Charlotte Observer, 30 Mar. 2026