appliqué
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Gallina, 75, was clad in a floor-length dark green striped appliqué jacket and clutching a paper ticket when she declared the Olympics to be a nuisance that has “nothing to do with Milan’s essence.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
Therefore, you’ll discover suits with appliqué dot patches and frayed edges as well as dog-tag necklaces and sophisticated wire broaches on mini Scottish kilt pins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
Cutting and sewing techniques allowed these prints to live anew as appliqué details.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 25, 2023
Cloth stars and helping hands are stitched onto appliqué hats in both Benin and Vietnam.
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2023
The velvet was further beautified by a two inch appliqué of silk violets on an old gold background.
From Marjorie Dean College Freshman by Pauline Lester
The quilt features a number of needlecraft techniques including knitting, sewing, embroidery and applique.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2023
In 2003, Prada covered bathing suits with molded plastic applique and Dolce & Gabbana unveiled silver astronaut-style suits — both an homage to Mr. Rabanne’s 1960s work.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2023
She wore an embroidered applique of a sunflower, Ukraine's national flower, on her dress sleeve in a sign of support for the country's people, the White House said.
From Reuters ● Mar. 2, 2022
The Democrat, Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, wore a canary-yellow dress and eight-inch platform shoes with cactus applique as she presided over the coin toss.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2018
His mother worked at what was called piecework—doing applique at home.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
The oddly placed shooting star on the bottom right is actually part of an appliquéd textile Münter made.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026
Before he launched his clothing line, Ruby was known for his “soft sculptures”—huge Dr. Seuss-ish stuffed creatures, quilted and appliquéd and sewn from fabrics designed by the artist.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 2, 2019
The show is promising from the start, in the lobby, which is festooned with 10 opulently embroidered and appliquéd banners by Cauleen Smith, a Chicago artist whose work is also in the film program.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2017
Their uniforms were colorful, menacing and full of mystical symbols like stars and crosses that were appliquéd onto the fabric.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 18, 2015
She is by far the most attractive member of the family, yet she spends most of her time and money disguising herself beneath prosthetic humps and appliquéd skin diseases.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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Internment
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English Words Derived from French, List 11
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