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Recent Examples of sew
Vintage quilts are made from lightweight fabrics and hand-sewn, which means they get easily damaged in the wash.
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
The procedure, also known as tooth-in-eye or osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis, involves removing a patient’s tooth, sewing a piece of it into the cheek and placing the structure into their eye.
—Asuka Koda, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
There, McLaughlin learned how to sew and make shoes from scratch.
—Corey Buhay, Outside, 15 Sep. 2025
Her big sister did the sound and lights; another sister sewed her satin jackets and miniskirts.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2025
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
The procedure, also known as tooth-in-eye or osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis, involves removing a patient’s tooth, sewing a piece of it into the cheek and placing the structure into their eye.
—Asuka Koda, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
There, McLaughlin learned how to sew and make shoes from scratch.
—Corey Buhay, Outside, 15 Sep. 2025
Her big sister did the sound and lights; another sister sewed her satin jackets and miniskirts.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sew
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To ensure the patches stay secure after multiple wears, use fabric with a self-adhesive back, and stick the patches onto the shirt before stitching around the perimeter.—
Claire Hoppe Norgaard,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 Sep. 2025
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The video was also stitched with a throwback clip of the original routine by Lifetime, which is the channel that aired Dance Moms.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
PEOPLE,
19 Sep. 2025
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The travelogue portion of Walking the Bypass is sutured, sometimes maladroitly, to a history of the Crown’s abuses of Indigenous peoples.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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Trials showed issues with needle control and orientation during suturing, indicating that the haptic feedback mechanisms need improvement.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
22 July 2025
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“Sew.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sew. Accessed 28 Sep. 2025.
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