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textile

[teks-tahyl, -til] / ˈtɛks taɪl, -tɪl /
NOUN
fabric
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Three city guides then told the story of Glasgow, using staging inspired by Scotland's pioneering textile industry and the River Clyde's shipbuilding heritage.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Eurenco is overseeing a pilot project in Sweden that seeks to turn textile waste into nitrocellulose.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

"I thought I would lay low for a while and seek new employment once the situation calms," said Musa Hashimi, who worked as a machinist in a textile factory.

From Barron's Jul. 3, 2026

Modern balls often have multiple layers, including "a bladder, then a textile layer, then foam and another few layers like that," said Phillips.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2026

Zinaida had worked in a textile factory for five years before joining the 122nd Air Group, and she was assigned to become a parachute packer for the 586th Fighter Aviation Regiment.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

His images conjure illuminated manuscripts, textiles, hieroglyphics, board games, musical scores, and tribal and children’s art, while echoing the structures of animals, crystals, plants and cells.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Critics argue that the change passed in Congress was meant to encourage the market for non-intoxicating hemp-derived textiles and foods.

From Barron's Jul. 2, 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

"We had a textiles class, there was a blacksmithing area," she explains.

From BBC Jun. 7, 2026

Andean textiles were woven with great precision—elite garments could have a thread count of five hundred per inch—and structured in elaborate layers.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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