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textile

[teks-tahyl, -til] / ˈtɛks taɪl, -tɪl /
NOUN
fabric
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Crews were also called to a blaze there in July 2025 and there was a major fire that destroyed a significant part of the former textile mill in 2022.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

The name is a nod to the women’s suffrage movement and was popularized by a 1912 textile industry strike in Lawrence, Mass.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

In collaboration with textile researchers at Donghua University, one of China's leading institutions for textile science and engineering, the researchers showed that the method works on more than just printable polymer films.

From Science Daily Sep. 10, 2026

Like other fast-fashion giants including H&M and Zara, Shein has faced allegations of underpaying and overworking textile workers at its factories.

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

People who had migrated from their family farms to the coal camps and textile mills that had promised greater opportunity were forced to return home, including Colored men who had worked in the coal mines.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

Inside her bedroom, the rich red complements a wooden-and-woven bed frame found on Facebook Marketplace and textiles she’s collected from trips to Guatemala and Morocco.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

The approach could help advance a new generation of programmable textiles.

From Science Daily Sep. 4, 2026

In a Honolulu basement, engineers make textiles out of chicken feathers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

She studied media, textiles and health and social care, and said there had been "lots of stress and meltdowns over exam period", but a "supportive community" at school and home made it easier.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

She admires the material of his mother’s sari, mentioning that her mother curates textiles at the Met.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri




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