as in sewing
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as in rippling
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as in crocheting
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Recent Examples of knitting
Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025
Instead, prescribing her a weekly phone call with someone or a spot in a knitting group is going to save health care resources and ultimately save the taxpayer money.
—Jessica Dulong, CNN Money, 12 May 2025
The Studio Knitting & Needlepoint: 9555 Nall Ave., Overland Park
The Studio offers a variety of knitting and needlepoint supplies, along with classes and workshops to enhance your skills.
—Courtney Lane, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2025
By focusing on one specific activity rather than general leisure, the study revealed how knitting promotes mindfulness, sparks creativity and even encourages social connection — whether through community groups or online forums.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Growing up in upstate New York, they were kept busy at home by their mother, Ruth, with a variety of activities that included crocheting, knitting, doing embroidery, building walls, planting trees and even beekeeping.
—Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025
Instead, prescribing her a weekly phone call with someone or a spot in a knitting group is going to save health care resources and ultimately save the taxpayer money.
—Jessica Dulong, CNN Money, 12 May 2025
The Studio Knitting & Needlepoint: 9555 Nall Ave., Overland Park
The Studio offers a variety of knitting and needlepoint supplies, along with classes and workshops to enhance your skills.
—Courtney Lane, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2025
By focusing on one specific activity rather than general leisure, the study revealed how knitting promotes mindfulness, sparks creativity and even encourages social connection — whether through community groups or online forums.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knitting
Noun
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When her family receives a make-or-break order for 200 dresses at their sewing factory, she is put to work.—
Raven Brunner,
People.com,
29 May 2025
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They could be altered, personalized or repaired quickly and cheaply with scissors, glue and tape—no sewing skills required.—
Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 May 2025
Verb
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Any viral outbreak poses a public health risk, particularly for children and older people who may be more vulnerable to contracting serious illnesses when affected.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
4 Jan. 2025
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Anyone can fall ill after contracting the virus, but the risk of severe illness is higher for people who are younger than five or older than 65.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
4 Jan. 2025
Noun
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But the big prize is to encourage the UK Government to make repair vouchers nationwide.—
Nick Nuttall,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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Home repair expenses jumped 6% around the city of Los Angeles in just the first three months of the year, according to my trusty spreadsheet’s review of construction-cost expenses in 33 markets statewide, as tracked by Verisk.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
3 June 2025
Noun
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The banh mi Vietnamese sandwiches are typically served on French baguettes filled with pork, pickled vegetables and other fillings.—
Kat Tran,
Sacbee.com,
5 June 2025
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In 1989, Sconce pled guilty to mishandling human remains and mining the corpses’ teeth for gold fillings at Lamb Funeral Home.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
2 June 2025
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The audience of seventy-five people—packed closely into white folding chairs at a community center just outside Boston—had come to learn how to spot undercover immigration agents.—
Julia Angwin,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2025
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The argument then escalated, and Forty hit him in the face with a beer bottle, pulled out a folding knife, and then charged at him.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
12 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Throughout the closing days of the legislative session, which adjourned in the early morning hours Sunday, Democrats repeatedly pointed the finger at Trump and congressional Republicans for the difficulties the General Assembly faced in crafting the upcoming year’s budget.—
Dan Petrella,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2025
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After 11 days of events, the competition held its closing ceremony on Thursday, the NSC said.—
Catherine Nicholls,
CNN Money,
1 June 2025
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“Knitting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knitting. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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