fastener

Example Sentences

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Fastenal declines after the fastener maker reports quarterly results in line with analysts’ estimates.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

The titular “hare with the amber eyes” in Edmund de Waal’s memoir is a netsuke, a tiny Japanese carving intended as a fastener for use with a kimono.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Boeing removed every fastener on each of the five circumferential joins on all of those airplanes, about 2,000 fasteners for each join, and measured the gap at each hole — a so-called “through-hole” inspection.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2024

The British Museum also announced some "significant" new finds made since 2022, including a late Bronze Age dress fastener.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2024

So when she saw Trotter’s purse with its no-good fastener lying wide open on the bed, inviting her, practically demanding her to look in, she did so.

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson