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lace

[leys] / leɪs /


NOUN
string used to connect
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The actress marked the occasion by donning a stunning lace Schiaparelli gown featuring long sleeves and a high neckline.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

She wears a pearl-trimmed French hood; a dark, square-necked gown with white lace, gold and pearl trim; a pearl necklace; and, with one exception, a pearl necklace with the pendant initials “AB” or “B.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

Chainlink necklaces, lace headpieces and even fringe bangs become a form of armor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Women in lace mantillas and gold jewelry pass on their way to somewhere ornate.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

As she laid him back into his wrappings and began to lace him in, his face crumpled in betrayal and he opened his mouth.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

Hershey has faced similar litigation over other seasonal Reese’s candies, including ghost-shaped chocolates without depicted facial features and football-shaped candies that lacked the laces shown on their packaging.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

The director laces a 16th-century period drama with a series of mysteries in his latest film, which centers on a samurai who rebels against the local warlord.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Alphie told The Nolan Show that Donall brushes his teeth three times and check his laces six times before he is ready for the day.

From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026

A spoonful of brown sugar becomes caramel as it melts; diced apples collapse into little pockets of warmth; cinnamon laces the air with something almost nostalgic.

From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2025

Then I give it back to her, and she laces her fingers through mine.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli

But the document was laced with malicious software.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Across the lot in an unused patch of pavement, pops of bright orange and yellow reach skyward toward the imposing barbed wire that’s laced atop metal security bars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

And Taylor Farms would certainly top the list for anyone glued to a toilet bowl lately, thanks to the company’s alleged indiscretion handling lettuce laced with the “explosive diarrhea” parasite.

From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026

To some degree, the AI race is laced with inflation concerns for the stock market in the near term, as strong demand for chips has led to pricing power for companies that make them.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 5, 2026

Mirabelle reached out and laced her fingers into Lexie’s long hair, and Izzy drifted sullenly away.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

Ilkay Gundogan executed his effort with perfection, lacing a ferocious, dipping strike into David de Gea's top corner, the Manchester United stopper only able to watch it fly in.

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

“Not a star, just another has-been, lacing up his sneakers in an empty gym on a Wednesday night.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026

Skaters are lacing up their customized Stacy Adams boots, which are fully equipped with fiberglass wheels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2025

Tillman, by the way, is fantastic here – moving and undulating along with the instrumentalists, lacing the music's joy with the character's menace.

From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2025

He saw the great stands of wheel trees and the roads lacing through the prairie, just as Mary had done from the same spot sometime before.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman




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