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linen

[lin-uhn] / ˈlɪn ən /


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Visitors are inches from the nine linen panels that, roughly 20 inches tall and of varying length, form a continuous sequence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

She’s in a vintage black linen skirt, with a top that’s also vintage black linen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Digital disaffection has bled into our lives like dye onto white linen, creeping through every inch of the fabric until it’s covered in amorphous patterns of color; some beautiful, some painfully ugly.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

It said the tell-tale signs of bedbugs include red, irritating bites and small blood smears on bed linen; and small brown insects in or around the sleeping area.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

“Finally, the linen closet’s across the hall,” he said.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

When I pay a cleaning fee, I expect someone to handle the work of preparing a property for its next occupants: washing linens, scrubbing bathrooms, cleaning floors.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

“Sometimes they want to put their personal linens in there. They’ve got pictures in there. Like why are your pictures in my room? I don’t want to know who’s renting to me,” she jokes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Tables were dressed in green linens and had seasonal spring bouquets featuring butterfly ranunculus, phlox, and lily of the valley.

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026

Executives say more high-income shoppers are buying furniture, kitchen appliances and linens at Walmart, but it wants to do more.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026

They deny access to paper, to linens, to a telephone.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr


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