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quilted

[kwil-tid] / ˈkwɪl tɪd /


ADJECTIVE
padded
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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Case in point: the featherweight quilted Celestia jacket with a highly reflective shell that, according to the designer, “comes alive with motion.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

The Sport Prestige’s alpha-swagger is the intricately quilted Nappa leather upholstery, its puzzlework of seams outlined with contrasting piping and double stitching—an orange the company calls “Magma” but you may know better as “DOT Vest.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025

Most big cities are quilted this way, with working class squares abutting middle- and upper-class areas.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2024

For Ms. Ringgold, as her work and many interviews made plain, art and activism were a seamless, if sometimes quilted, whole.

From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2024

“They got lacy wings, and they’s all dressed up in quilted robes....The softest, prettiest colors, Will! Lordy, they keep a-comin’.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns




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