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tailoring

American  
[tey-ler-ing] / ˈteɪ lər ɪŋ /

noun

  1. the business or work of a tailor.

  2. the skill or craftsmanship of a tailor.


Etymology

Origin of tailoring

First recorded in 1655–65; tailor 1 + -ing 1

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"Since those incidents occurred... there were no women in the markets," 26-year-old Ramin Ghafoori, a Herat-based businessman who runs a tailoring shop, told AFP.

From Barron's Jul. 12, 2026

While the first two seasons often presented Lestat through structured tailoring and muted palettes, Season 3 arrives in a much louder world.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 20, 2026

It can however adjust how it oversees small- to midsize banks tailoring without congressional approval, Tamayo says, “and we think this is increasingly likely.”

From Barron's Jun. 12, 2026

"In farming, the person who uses a tractor is more efficient than the person who uses the horse. In the tailoring industry, we are still at the level where we are using the horse."

From BBC May 23, 2026

The jobs she’d done for Kaz over the last year helped, and in a way so had her work carefully altering moods and tailoring faces at the White Rose.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

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