fastener
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The titular “hare with the amber eyes” in Edmund de Waal’s memoir is a netsuke, a tiny Japanese carving intended as a fastener for use with a kimono.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
Fastenal, the fastener maker, reported third-quarter earnings of 29 cents a share, missing analysts’ estimates of 30 cents, as revenue of $2.13 billion match expectations.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2025
I rarely had to stop work to go get the perfect part or fastener.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2024
The British Museum also announced some "significant" new finds made since 2022, including a late Bronze Age dress fastener.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2024
He picked up a brown clipboard from a desk and popped the fastener up and down while he tried to decide what to do with us.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
Purveyors of bearings, fasteners, pneumatics and other manufacturing staples should see demand outpace their capacity to easily meet it, potentially leading to bottlenecks similar to what investors are seeing with memory chips.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Portland, Ore.: By preventing the stripping of fasteners, Henry Phillips’s design enabled the use of high-speed power tools essential for World War II-era assembly lines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
That event delayed the production of fasteners needed to assemble jets.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
Aerospace and defense—where Carpenter’s alloys are used for landing gear, fasteners, and other components—comprises two-thirds of revenue.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
He reached up and snapped the fasteners shut once more.
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
