weft

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His prowess and his reputation were magnificent — a magnificent guy — just part of the warp and weft of all good music that came through there.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

Cody was weaned on weaving, tapping weft yarns for her nine-foot-tall textiles with the same wood comb she started out with at age 5.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2024

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

It was about the shape of a corncob, only a little larger and hollowed out so that it could carry a bobbin or quill of weft thread.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson