fastening

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Visitors also encountered the phonograph and early mechanical fastening devices that foreshadowed later developments in clothing closures.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

The mission was dizzying, literally, as he spent months fastening his seatbelt and zipping through mountains, strapping on AR goggles and floating into fairy tales.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2024

Kondo brought garments to life, like kites in the sky with voluminous silhouettes created by fastening and unfastening buttons.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 2024

Following the outcry in Paris, Sargent repainted the fastening securely in place, but he never showed the painting again and was forced to decamp to London to restore his career.

From New York Times • Feb. 29, 2024

Children were in school; men were at work; and most of the women were fastening their corsets and getting ready to go see what tails or entrails the butcher might be giving away.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison