- present participle of stitch.
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The name Mavis is, in itself, a mashup, created by stitching together Marion, Vic and the Sorbaro family name.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
The foundational text of Parton’s career, this 1971 single lovingly details her mother’s make-do resilience, stitching a fall coat from scraps of cloth in the spirit of a beloved Bible story.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Morgan analyst Tien-Tsin Huang asked about the deals on the earnings call, saying that the combined effort seemed to come with “above-average risk … because you’re stitching together the three assets.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 2026
It may well be true that stitching multicultural communities together requires us to be more curious, inclusive neighbors.
From Slate ● May 26, 2026
I take my seat and begin to pick at the stitching on the arms of the chair.
From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon
But that jacket gets mere seconds of airtime before it is on to the next jacket, blue, featuring whimsical stitchings of houses, a garment she describes as reminiscent of something you’d find at Anthropologie.
From Slate ● Jan. 26, 2026
While recuperating from the operation, Morrow began embroidering, producing semiabstract stitchings of body parts and shapes that are grouped together on one wall.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2021
Already I am considering a silk-lined cape, and it is settled that my gloves are to have black stitchings.
From Not that it Matters by A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne
His white gloves had curious stitchings on the back not common in England, and his silk hat, exceedingly glossy, had wider brims than are usually associated with Bond Street.
From Havoc by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
Another way is to make four stitchings in the goods the length of the button hole.
From Things Mother Used to Make by Lydia Maria Gurney
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