weft
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The very warp and weft of language are clichés, worn metaphors, secondhand phrases copied so often that their lack of originality, of idiosyncrasy, is what allows them to have communicative power.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2023
They were dappled, like the hues in nature, thanks to the unique weave of the textured and irregular fabric weft.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2022
Entanglement, then, may undergird the structure of space itself, forming the warp and weft that give rise to the geometry of the world.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 18, 2022
The painting obeys the right-angled grid of the loom’s warp and weft.
From New York Times ● Nov. 26, 2021
Shuttles holding the weft thread hurtled themselves like beasts of prey through the tall forests of warp threads, and beaters slammed the threads tightly into place.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
