textile
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Weavers and bank tellers feared for their livelihoods at the time, but the Industrial Revolution led to significantly more hiring in the textile sector, and banks increased employment after ATMs were introduced.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
In years past, she said in a post on X, women would throng textile stores, giving a discerning touch to the fabric they would purchase for newlyweds.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
They would be asked to set up a business, or have an active role in Fair Isle knitwear - a textile developed on the island in the early 19th Century.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
Abel said in his first letter to shareholders Saturday that he plans to follow the blueprint that Warren Buffett began mapping decades ago to transform a struggling textile company into a sprawling conglomerate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026
When cotton became readily available there in the eighteenth century, it grabbed so much of the textile market that French woolmakers persuaded the government to ban the new fiber.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Vocabulary lists containing textile
Maus I: My Father Bleeds History
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Human Geography - Middle School
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The Industrial Revolution - Introductory
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