textiles
Example Sentences
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Liberal Democrat cabinet member for environmental services, Chris Wiggin, said the event was "diverting textiles from waste by prioritising reuse and recycling instead of being discarded as waste".
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
While sub-Saharan Africa imports over $30 billion worth of textiles per year, the businessman is developing this industry in other countries such as Togo, Nigeria and Kenya.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Graphic textiles mixed with wood and metal accents can make a lawn feel less like a backyard and more like an outdoor living room.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
Unlike conventional textiles, where color is applied through dyeing, sea silk generates its golden hue from the arrangement of proteins within the fiber itself.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026
Their report was only off by a hair; the Kongo people made remarkable textiles by beating the fibrous bark of certain trees, or weaving thread from the raffia palm.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
