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as in stitching
to close up with a series of interlacing stitches
luckily, I was able to sew the tear so skillfully that my pants looked as good as new
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Recent Examples of sewing
Anne D'innocenzio, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2026
Nordstrom, North America’s largest employer of tailors and alteration specialists, teamed up with New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology to launch a nine-week program in advanced sewing and alteration techniques.
—Anne D’innocenzio, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
The brand is helmed by Tatsuya Kowatari, who spent years sewing in the shadows of the industry before flipping the script to launch his own label.
—Jessica Binns, Sourcing Journal, 18 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Nordstrom, North America’s largest employer of tailors and alteration specialists, teamed up with New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology to launch a nine-week program in advanced sewing and alteration techniques.
—Anne D'innocenzio, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2026
Nordstrom, North America’s largest employer of tailors and alteration specialists, teamed up with New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology to launch a nine-week program in advanced sewing and alteration techniques.
—Anne D’innocenzio, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
Verb
Eventually, people could not resist returning to their lives, to routines more comfortable than standing in the streets with the sun glaring in your eyes, squinting up to check the position of snipers on a roof, or working with cramping fingers sewing your tenth mask of the night.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
The brand is helmed by Tatsuya Kowatari, who spent years sewing in the shadows of the industry before flipping the script to launch his own label.
—Jessica Binns, Sourcing Journal, 18 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sewing
Noun
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Loro Piana continues to nurture young talents through the art of knitting.—
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
14 May 2026
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Where dating apps reduce a person to a few photos and a one-line bio, a hobby community shows you how someone actually shows up — whether that’s finishing a 10K, finishing a novel or finishing a knitting project.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
6 May 2026
Verb
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An Oregon family alleged in a $100 million lawsuit that their 18-year-old son died from an infection after doctors at a Corvallis hospital did not remove pine needles and debris from his wound before stitching it up.—
Minyvonne Burke,
NBC news,
12 May 2026
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Cutting off a guy’s finger and stitching a tiny bomb into someone’s chest is essentially the same as remembering how to put together a gun or outrunning a horde of bad guys.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
30 Apr. 2026
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Her team quickly put together a plan to help coördinate repairs, secure new electrical generators, implement a triage system, and organize trainings for staff.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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House of Worth gown is, but the 18th century Georgian dresses really need some repair work first.—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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The company says the system would be able to perform hemorrhage control, wound repair, chest decompression, shrapnel extraction, and field suturing, stabilizing the patient until evacuation can be carried out.—
Abhishek Bhardwaj,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Apr. 2026
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The issue was surrounding his leg amputation surgery, a procedure that involves stretching the muscles and suturing them to provide the bone with padding.—
Jacob Louraine,
Kansas City Star,
6 Mar. 2026
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All treatment products—like Monoï oil, coconut oil infused with fresh Tahitian tiaré flowers, and Tamanu oil, renowned for its healing properties and sourced from the ancient Tamanu trees that line Temae beach—are 100% natural.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 May 2026
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Language access, cultural competency and workforce representation all play critical role in helping people feel respected, heard and supported throughout the healing journey.—
Maria Bledsoe,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 May 2026
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The higher-grade fuel, designed to guard against evaporation as temperatures rise, can add up to 15 cents per gallon to the cost of a filling up, according to GasBuddy.—
Mary Cunningham,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
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Divide and fill the avocados with the salad mixture, allowing the filling to overflow onto the plate.—
Mary Ann Esposito,
Boston Herald,
20 May 2026
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Richard Lovelady was designated for assignment nine times in the last two years, including once by the Nats, and is now closing games for them.—
Spencer Nusbaum,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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In the movie’s closing credits, Hansen-Løve is among the names singled out for a thank you from the director.—
Josh Slater-Williams,
IndieWire,
20 May 2026
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Saltwater corrosion, long-term pressure sealing, subsea cable reliability, and hardware accessibility remain major engineering concerns for operators.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
19 May 2026
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Instead, evolution opted for faster wound sealing, stronger immune responses and more stable neural systems in mammals.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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“Sewing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sewing. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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