microfibers

Definition of microfibersnext
plural of microfiber

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Recent Examples of microfibers Cotton clothes are lint shedders, microfibers are lint attractors and when washed together, microfiber fleece ends up covered with little balls of lint. Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 15 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for microfibers
Noun
  • Ray 11 carries approximately 11% of the total afferent fibers innervating the star, yet occupies roughly 25% of the primary somatosensory cortex devoted to the star as a whole.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • However, many also look for jeans made of natural fibers (70 percent), plastic-free materials (59 percent), recyclable (48 percent) and without the use of chemical treatments in the finishing (46 percent).
    Catherine Salfino, Footwear News, 20 May 2026
Noun
  • That means a course of action that targets everything from blackheads to excess sebum production to sebaceous filaments, the thin threads that tend to pop up on your nose, to even redness, which can cause skin to swell, enhancing the appearance of pores.
    Diana Tsui, Footwear News, 15 May 2026
  • The cosmic web is the term scientists use to describe a skeleton-like framework of filaments and sheets of dark matter and gas along which galaxies gathered and evolved over time, which is punctuated by nearly empty voids.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • The woman contacted other victims, and found photos of Wilkins in online threads, prosecutors said.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 19 May 2026
  • Li also shredded the silk threads on a pannier skirt to mimic the texture of tofu.
    Ari Stark, Footwear News, 19 May 2026

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“Microfibers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/microfibers. Accessed 22 May. 2026.

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