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weaver

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as in knitter

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Recent Examples of weaver The police suspect Juggut Singh, a Sikh peasant with a criminal record who, on the night of the killing, was secretly meeting Nooran, the daughter of a Muslim priest and weaver. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026 Diné weaver Marilou Schultz has been probing the harmonies and dissonances between these technologies since the 1960s. — Lua Vollaard, ARTnews.com, 24 June 2026 Though the craft has traditionally been passed down from mother to daughter across Gullah Geechee communities, Alston learned the skill from his mother-in-law 22 years ago and is now a fifth-generation sweetgrass weaver. — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026 White linen came from Coptic Christian weavers in the Nile Delta during the seventh century. — Iqbal Akhtar, The Conversation, 25 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for weaver

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Dhillon, an avid knitter, also used her hobby to counter stereotypes.

— Quinta Jurecic, The Atlantic, 13 Apr. 2026
My friend Sarah became a wonderful knitter, her sister mastered watercolors, and the Best Friend would not give it a rest about composting.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026

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Every embroiderer at Inaash has been displaced, their families among the 470,000 Palestinian refugees currently registered in Lebanon.

— Amelia Dhuga, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2025
In 2019, Maison Parisienne organized an exhibition of the work of Lesage art director Hubert Barrère, a master embroiderer best known for his collaboration with Chanel.

— Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025

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