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Recent Examples of selvage
Staple fabrics such as selvage denim and cottons are par for the course but there’s also more unusual choices, like a beautiful linen fabric made in the Osaka area in the 17th or 18th century that Yagi found in an antique shop in Kyoto.
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Lily Templeton, WWD, 16 Sep. 2024
Per the name, the style is pulled from the 1950s and recreated in Japan from premium selvage denim.
—Nicola Fumo, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2023
Slim selvage jeans are made with the utmost care.
—Thomas Hindle, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Sep. 2022
Blue floral wallpaper from Sandberg immerses visitors in saturated color, along with a graphic checkerboard lambswool throw from Wallace Sewell and a custom selvage Japanese denim bedspread designed by Katch Interiors.
—Laura Raskin, ELLE Decor, 10 Aug. 2022
Cut Drapery Pieces Lay out your fabric panels and trim the selvage edges.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Jan. 2023
According to the postal service, the margin paper, or selvage, attached to the stamp sheet will include a photo taken of Lewis in 1963 by photographer Steve Schapiro in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
—Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2022
The choices are many, although a straight leg and dark indigo selvage denim is a classic (no jeggings, saggers or wackadoodle washes, please).
—New York Times, 24 June 2022
Long Haul Jacket is for the selvage denim devotees.
—Thomas Hindle, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 May 2022
Lily Templeton, WWD, 16 Sep. 2024
Per the name, the style is pulled from the 1950s and recreated in Japan from premium selvage denim.
—Nicola Fumo, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2023
Slim selvage jeans are made with the utmost care.
—Thomas Hindle, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Sep. 2022
Blue floral wallpaper from Sandberg immerses visitors in saturated color, along with a graphic checkerboard lambswool throw from Wallace Sewell and a custom selvage Japanese denim bedspread designed by Katch Interiors.
—Laura Raskin, ELLE Decor, 10 Aug. 2022
Cut Drapery Pieces Lay out your fabric panels and trim the selvage edges.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Jan. 2023
According to the postal service, the margin paper, or selvage, attached to the stamp sheet will include a photo taken of Lewis in 1963 by photographer Steve Schapiro in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
—Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2022
The choices are many, although a straight leg and dark indigo selvage denim is a classic (no jeggings, saggers or wackadoodle washes, please).
—New York Times, 24 June 2022
Long Haul Jacket is for the selvage denim devotees.
—Thomas Hindle, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 May 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for selvage
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The American frontier was a brutal place, but no more brutal than a zombie apocalypse.Erik Kain, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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America at the frontier of energy security and energy technology, finally fighting to win the global competition and pulling along jobs and opportunity at the local level.Justine Calma, The Verge, 10 Jan. 2025
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The big change occurred somewhere around the Newport concert, and the arrival of the Beatles and The Stones, and the worsening of the Vietnam War, and the assassinations, and Woodstock, became demarcations of of a dramatic cultural shift.Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 23 Dec. 2024
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Human-level intelligent behavior is the AGI demarcation.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Gracey makes an effort to innovate in several other ways, navigating around the musical genre’s visual conventions and limitations.David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025
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Heavy Metals Found in Chocolate: Study Sheds Light on Lead, Cadmium in Some Products Criticism of the Report The report has limitations, however.Korin Miller, Health, 14 Jan. 2025
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Many businesses are unaware of the extent to which artificially inflated OTP traffic undermines their operations due to the sheer complexities and inherent risks of telecommunication.Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2025
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This year will be a big one for the Blue Jays as the saga of Vladimir Guerrero Jr’s next contract hangs over them to a bigger extent than the saga of Soto’s next deal hung over the Yankees in 2024.Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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Pryor, like other D-1 athletes, accepted amateurism restrictions as a condition of playing college sports.Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 8 Jan. 2025
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Banks, property owners and other private companies often have their own additional restrictions on employing, renting housing to or providing services to those with criminal records.Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
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On Saline’s first drive, Carr — who nearly had his first throw get picked off — went 6-for-6 for 55 yards as the nine-play, 80-yard march was capped by a 15-yard TD run by Rush.Brad Emons, Detroit Free Press, 25 Aug. 2023
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Blake’s grandfather, Jacob Blake Sr., was a prominent minister and civil rights leader in the Chicago area who helped organize a march and spoke in support of comprehensive housing law in Evanston, Ill., days after the 1968 assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 24 Aug. 2020
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Their Sky Kraken, a hazy pale on the lighter side, is a good place to start.Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
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The proportion in most contemporary dictatorships (for which there are data) pales in comparison.Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 6 Feb. 2020
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State of play: The measure removes a three-limit cap on needle exchange programs and a rule requiring a 1,000-foot distance restriction from schools and daycare centers.Esteban L. Hernandez, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
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In fact, after Biden’s visit, the Saudi government increased its repression, imposing measures such as decades-long prison sentences for online activism.Sarah Yager, Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Selvage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/selvage. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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