thread
noun
a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, especially when composed of two or more filaments twisted together.
have threaded
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present perfectof thread.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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So looking ahead to the 74th Primetime Emmys in September, what shows have threaded the needle of art and accessibility?
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2022
The Tottenham striker's passing was so precise he could have threaded any one of them through the eye of a needle and it would have still found one of his team-mates.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2022
Athletes looking for performance boosts have threaded interval sessions into their broader training since time immemorial.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2021
Workers have threaded the chains that will cut through the ship into place and welded massive lugs to the vessel’s hull that will attach to the crane for lifting each big section.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 9, 2020
The muzzle of Mons Meg was set fair upon him, and he felt for the first time in his life that he could not have threaded a needle had his life depended on it.
From Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
