weft

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“These women’s stories emerged from history. Using the metaphor of warp and weft, these women are living in history. They are weaving their lives through history. It’s influencing them. They are influencing it.”

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2025

Flood stories live in the warp and weft of legends and religions and nations — Gilgamesh, Noah, the Greeks and Aztecs, the Norse and Native Americans.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2023

They were dappled, like the hues in nature, thanks to the unique weave of the textured and irregular fabric weft.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2022

Entanglement, then, may undergird the structure of space itself, forming the warp and weft that give rise to the geometry of the world.

From Scientific American • Jan. 18, 2022

Shuttles holding the weft thread hurtled themselves like beasts of prey through the tall forests of warp threads, and beaters slammed the threads tightly into place.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson