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Recent Examples of wools
Although the word cashmere is sometimes incorrectly applied to extremely soft wools, only the product of the cashmere goat is true cashmere.
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
Raising the bar on fabric research, Moorer paired technical wools or cotton chenille with silk, and introduced the rare and naturally soft yak fiber to the outerwear range.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 2 Mar. 2026
Here, the clothes are defined by impeccable fabrics—cashmere, silk-linen blends, fine wools.
—Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 27 Feb. 2026
This season, younger designers leant into heavy knitwear pieces, embracing ancient crafts by collaborating with local artisans to create sustainable wools, alongside innovating with materials and form.
—Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2026
There’s a distinct air of the English countryside running through this season’s biggest trends, and this outfit—complete with its plaids and rich wools—simply aces it.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 23 Nov. 2025
Changing your name for the month would help showcase the array of plant wools—made from cotton, linen, hemp, orange waste, lavender flowers, soy, nettles, and more.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
Raising the bar on fabric research, Moorer paired technical wools or cotton chenille with silk, and introduced the rare and naturally soft yak fiber to the outerwear range.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 2 Mar. 2026
Here, the clothes are defined by impeccable fabrics—cashmere, silk-linen blends, fine wools.
—Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 27 Feb. 2026
This season, younger designers leant into heavy knitwear pieces, embracing ancient crafts by collaborating with local artisans to create sustainable wools, alongside innovating with materials and form.
—Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2026
There’s a distinct air of the English countryside running through this season’s biggest trends, and this outfit—complete with its plaids and rich wools—simply aces it.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 23 Nov. 2025
Changing your name for the month would help showcase the array of plant wools—made from cotton, linen, hemp, orange waste, lavender flowers, soy, nettles, and more.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wools
Noun
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Some rest their coats, bags and umbrellas on the empty chair next to them.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the league’s MVP for the second year in a row, is a prodigious wearer of fur coats without irony and sunglasses indoors.—
Ashley Fetters Maloy,
Washington Post,
19 May 2026
Noun
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Up close, the vast expanse of the human skin resembles an unknown landscape, maybe similar to the lunar terrain, with craters and elevations in the form of minuscule blemishes, hairs, and cutaneous eruptions.—
Carlos Aguilar,
IndieWire,
15 May 2026
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This tolerance is equivalent to the width of two human hairs.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
15 May 2026
Noun
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Archroma presented FiberColors, a range of dyes that are synthesized with a minimum of 50 percent wool waste, specifically fleeces that sheep farmers would otherwise pay to dispose of.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
21 Apr. 2026
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From grid fleeces to breathable quarter-zips to its signature Alpha Hoody (which can double as outerwear on warmer ski days), Arc’teryx delivers highly functional, durable pieces that will last for many, many ski seasons to come.—
Todd Plummer,
Robb Report,
25 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The teaser doesn’t give away much of the plot, but the best part is Pugh standing in a funeral wearing all-black furs and round black sunglasses.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
13 May 2026
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Staff started out by wearing bear masks and animal furs, then crawling into the enclosure to spoon-feed the cubs formula.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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“Wools.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wools. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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