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Recent Examples of pleat
Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 19 Nov. 2024
There’s Loewe’s with its pleating, Givenchy’s clad in black croc, Staud’s cast in suede, and Jil Sander’s with a pop of cherry red.
—Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2024
Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
With tailored details like pleats, belt loops, and a flat front waistband, these pants are appropriate for the office with a blazer or button-down.
—Gabrielle Porcaro, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2024
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Verb
The late designer started to experiment with pleating in the late 1980s after an exhibition of his work at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs.
—Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 19 Nov. 2024
There’s Loewe’s with its pleating, Givenchy’s clad in black croc, Staud’s cast in suede, and Jil Sander’s with a pop of cherry red.
—Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2024
Noun
It’s got both elastic and a drawstring on the waist — the best combo, in my opinion — and the soft pleats are like ones on casual trousers.
—Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
With tailored details like pleats, belt loops, and a flat front waistband, these pants are appropriate for the office with a blazer or button-down.
—Gabrielle Porcaro, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pleat
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The actor wore her dark hair pulled to one side and braided down, stopping the braid with a few inches to spare and leaving the rest of her hair loose.Kara Nesvig, Allure, 19 Dec. 2024
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On Beka, hair braiding continued to be this daily bonding time with many of the women.EW.com, EW.com, 18 Dec. 2024
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The series follows nine-year-old Pippi, a plucky girl with a pair of quirky plaits who moves to a Swedish village following the death of her parents.Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
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One of my black dresses in silk or cotton, knee socks, Simone Rocha pearly Crocs, a cashmere jumper, and a ponytail or two plaits.airmail.news, airmail.news, 28 Sep. 2024
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Expect comforting dishes like large pasta loops with heritage pork shoulder ragu and wines ranging from acidic Etna Bianco to complex Nebbiolo.Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 13 Jan. 2025
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For the most part, the primary loop is to find enemy officials, dodge or parry their attacks, and slowly chip away at their stance meter (essentially a gauge of their defensive stamina) to leave them vulnerable to a strong attack.Diego Argüello, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2025
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The biggest play of the drive was Henry taking a direct snap and finding a seam in the Steelers’ front seven, bursting for 34 yards in a play that was punctuated by a brutal stiff arm that sent Steelers star safety Minkah Fitzpatrick reeling.Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025
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It’s finished with deep side vents and drop shoulders with pretty stitched details at the seams.Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The corrugation process guarantees that the containers are robust and lightweight, which is necessary for stacking and transportation in an efficient manner.CMG Containers, Sun Sentinel, 1 May 2024
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Electrons in today’s graphene can move up to a micrometer before getting scattered by imperfections, such as corrugations in the surface of the material or grain boundaries between adjacent crystal patches.Chun-Yung Sung, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Jan. 2012
Noun
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Image For Wynne, the buttons are not only entirely superfluous to the communication humans and dogs already have but also potentially a distraction from their natural barks and howls, their tail wags and tucks.Camille Bromley Gabra Zackman Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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Nice finished band in front, excellent for a dress top with a French tuck if needed.Taylor Lane, StyleCaster, 18 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The discovery of these layers of deep time reinforced racial hierarchies in the United States.Caroline Winterer / Made by History, TIME, 14 Jan. 2025
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And that capital would be at risk if innovating on the base layer had unforeseen unintended consequences.Korok Ray, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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Nothing really pulls or puckers, which is difficult to achieve on this type of build.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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These compounds, which look like rings at the molecular level, interact with proteins in your saliva to produce a dry, astringent sensation that makes your mouth pucker.Rosemary Trout, Discover Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Pleat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pleat. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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