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weaver

[wee-ver] / ˈwi vər /
NOUN
maker of cloth, baskets, rope
Synonyms
STRONGEST
basketmaker clothier clothmaker garmentworker loomworker textile worker webcrafter webmaker wickerworker
STRONG
braider interlacer knitter plaiter twiner
Antonyms
STRONGEST
tangler unraveler


NOUN
inventor of tales
Synonyms


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Ms. Kanakia, a novelist and the author of the newsletter “Woman of Letters,” is a compelling writer and a careful weaver of arguments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

Researchers from several South American institutions have identified a new species of crevice weaver spider, expanding what scientists know about the Pikelinia genus.

From Science Daily ● May 1, 2026

Shadrack Yao Agboli, a fugu weaver who also works with the National Commission on Culture, has a home workshop where long bands of hand-loomed fabric hang to dry in the afternoon sun.

From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026

Govan had recently flown in from Tilburg in the Netherlands, where he visited the TextielMuseum’s TextielLab with interdisciplinary artist and weaver Sarah Rosalena.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2025

For me she would forever be a mythic weaver in the basement of an ancient house in Ardestan.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

Rather, she supports "the weavers, the embroiderers, all those who use backstrap looms in our country -- mostly women -- who are a source of national pride," the 63-year-old recently told journalists.

From Barron's ● Jan. 2, 2026

Because “the demand for woven cloth could fluctuate wildly,” she writes, “as quickly as weavers remembered the good wages, memories of periods of acute hardship came flooding back.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025

Through November, the museum features an open-air spider pavilion, a ticketed exhibit that allows visitors to walk amid hundreds of spiders known as orb weavers and their intricate webs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2025

Traditionally, mochilas were crafted over weeks, but rising demand led many weavers to develop faster techniques, producing simpler designs in two or three days.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2025

Along the span were shops and stalls of every sort; weavers and lacemakers displayed their wares cheek by jowl with glassblowers, candle- makers, and fishwives selling eels and oysters.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin



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