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pleating

verb

present participle of pleat

as in braiding

to form into a braid pleat ribbons

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Recent Examples of pleating The floor-length dress was crafted with a sweetheart neckline, with some fabric ruching and pleating at the bodice. — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026 Place dough circles in the wells of a 12-cup muffin tray, pressing into bottoms and up sides, pleating edges as needed. — Katherine Polcari, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2025 For the nuptials, Bella wore an plunging green gown with pleating on the bodice and a thigh-high slit up the floor-sweeping ruffled skirt. — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025

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At Friendship Bakery in Kendall, bakers are hard at work rolling and braiding challah dough a week before Rosh Hashanah.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026
Spaces bleed and cross-pollinate, braiding the many overlapping narratives and curatorial agendas organizing this collection.

— Katy Barkan, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026

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By weaving lasercomm links across space, airborne and terrestrial nodes alongside existing fiber and RF, leaders create self-healing mesh networks that guarantee mission-critical throughput even when primary links are severed or jammed.

— Rohit Jha, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Born and raised in the Echo Park area of Los Angeles, Duplan grew up around music culture, weaving it into his own narrative.

— William Jones, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026

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