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French system

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noun

  1. a method of spinning in which fibers of extremely short-staple wool are not twisted before being spun.


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"What has been more operationally difficult is to scale up very large numbers of removals every week into the French system," she added.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

“I think there is widespread nervousness across the French system whether it is political, diplomatic or military about the role that Germany seems to want to give itself,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

The French system to check passports failed earlier this morning.

From BBC ● May 27, 2023

Under the French system, today’s workers pay the pensions of a growing number of retirees, who now live longer.

From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2023

To that end he had personally studied the method adopted in England, and deputed his friend, Sir Bernard Burke, to report on the French system.

From The Earl of Mayo Rulers of India by William Wilson Hunter

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