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gauze

[gawz] / gɔz /
NOUN
bandage
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Shortages, he said, run from basic consumables like gauze dressings and painkillers, all the way up to advanced medical equipment.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

In Pasadena, volunteers at the restaurant Chamo Venezuelan Cuisine collected supplies, issuing a special plea for bandages, gauze, painkillers and other over-the-counter medicines.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

Her upper body rotates over the chair back and she gently pulls up one of her transparent gauze sleeves as if preparing for a pleasant conversation with us, her audience.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 12, 2025

Luckily, as with any trending consumer good these days, see-through clothing comes in every price point and quality tier, from $36 polyester-blend cargo joggers to $419 gauze pants in 100 percent silk.

From Slate Dec. 14, 2024

Lester taped the end of the gauze and let go of Paulie’s hand.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

The shapes, like kimono jackets and sleeveless tunics and cropped palazzo pants in soft cottons or gauzes and Irish linens, are uncomplicated and designed to flatter.

From Seattle Times Aug. 14, 2022

“Anyone from the street medic community needs medical supplies, they can stop by here and get Band-Aids, gauzes, medical patches,” they said.

From New York Times Jun. 10, 2020

If Gardiner's brisk clarity, favouring symbolist hues over impressionist gauzes, sometimes stripped the score of an element of its mystery, the delicacy of the ORR's playing, in the final act especially, was something to savour.

From The Guardian Jul. 16, 2012

Talea ended the evening with “Bateau Ivre,” in which a Rimbaud-inspired John Zorn swathes his customary fractiousness in luminous gauzes pinched from Pierre Boulez’s linen closet.

From New York Times Mar. 11, 2012

The silks and muslins and gauzes still gleamed unworn and beautiful, and doubtless they were still fashionable.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare




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