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
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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
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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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Restored funding for streetlight repairs, street resurfacing and removal of bulky items, such as mattresses and couches, from sidewalks and alleys.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2025
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Some areas of the zoo will remain temporarily closed for repairs, such as the butterfly enclosure, but the zoo has reopened as of May 19.—
Kate Linderman,
Kansas City Star,
23 May 2025
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The only potential pitfall to be mindful of is a lumpy filling.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
24 May 2025
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The bread itself was a pleasant surprise, somewhere between an everything bagel and the Italian roll at Subway, and the mac 'n' cheese filling was creamy, cheesy and adorably topped with Goldfish crackers.—
Mackenzie Schmidt,
People.com,
22 May 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
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The closings come after a series of high-profile openings on Camp Bowie Boulevard as growth in the western suburbs brings the area more traffic and patrons.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 May 2025
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Our organizations have been closely monitoring the closing of civic space and attacks on independent press in El Salvador and are deeply concerned at the increasingly pervasive environment of fear that threatens freedoms in the country.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 May 2025
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“Knitting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knitting. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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