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Recent Examples of braid
Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
Donning blond braids and an all-white outfit with a matching fluffy cowboy hat, the singer poses as the cactus lights up.
—Caché McClay, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
While older ghosts were braided into the everyday life of peasant society marking crises and plentitude alongside of joys and fears, the modern specter, whose features were now homogenized across cultures, only represented fear.
—Tithi Bhattacharya / Made By History, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
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Noun
The third movement, played very straight and poised, was persuasively spooky, its ending a haunting braid of hymn, klezmerlike cafe music and funereal march.
—Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
Donning blond braids and an all-white outfit with a matching fluffy cowboy hat, the singer poses as the cactus lights up.
—Caché McClay, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
Verb
Maybe Happy Ending An originally Korean musical that lies somewhere between rom-com and Klara and the Sun with a score that braids Burt Bacharach and Joe Hisaishi, Maybe Happy Ending is a rare and delicate thing among the already small number of original musicals that come to New York each year.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
While older ghosts were braided into the everyday life of peasant society marking crises and plentitude alongside of joys and fears, the modern specter, whose features were now homogenized across cultures, only represented fear.
—Tithi Bhattacharya / Made By History, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for braid
Noun
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Plus there are technicians on hand to restring racquets, lace baseball gloves and sharpen ice skates.Jemima McEvoy, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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For a screening of the film back in September, Pugh chose a sheer lace Dior dress, again in black.Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2024
Verb
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The key difference is that Bora Bora braids are typically plaited in line with the existing length of your natural hair, allowing the remainder of the curly human hair to billow outwards and form the bulk of the hairstyle.Ranyechi Udemezue, Vogue, 29 July 2024
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Even Kim Kardashian’s tousled platinum hair was loosely plaited into a fishtail braid in the back.Hannah Coates, Vogue, 7 May 2024
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Enter this quarter-zip style from Lands’ End, which is designed in soft cotton with bold stripes and ribbing throughout the material.Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024
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House Republicans of every stripe were seen rotating in and out of the speaker's office on Thursday -- including House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole, Majority Whip Tom Emmer, Texas Rep. Chip Roy and Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris of Maryland.John Parkinson, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2024
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Its sophomore outing lacked the original's surreal magic, but S3 was a solid return to form, mixing elements of noir and procedural drama to weave a haunting tale of fractured time and memory.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
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Even in seemingly simple products, like his candle collections and eyewear, Armani weaves magic, demonstrating his dedication to purposeful and intentional design.Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The braiding works brilliantly, transporting the reader to perilous seas in the golden age of steam, and a daring and dangerous rescue mission.Chris Wheatley, Longreads, 3 Dec. 2024
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With all the time needed for the yeast to rise, the braiding of the bread, more rising, and then of course the baking and cooling, a babka isn't the easiest treat to make.Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2024
Verb
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While Barton lived outside of what Edwin Waller platted as the new capital city, Murchison lived in the center of the new town.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 18 June 2024
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But Ohio State platted four in the bottom of the third despite being hitless.San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2024
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He was similarly wowed by heel hold supplied by a combination of a lower BOA dial, internal ankle support, and reliable inner lining lacing.Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 9 Oct. 2024
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What are your impressions on the inner and outer lacing systems?Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Braid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/braid. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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