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threads

British  
/ θrɛdz /

plural noun

  1. a slang word for clothes

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But they share several threads: lawful presence, few warning signals, online radicalization, and attacks carried out without the fingerprints of an organized network.

From The Wall Street Journal

I simply had to avoid opening holiday-related emails or threads while he was sitting next to me.

From The Wall Street Journal

There are some threads left loose along the way, to be tied up, or not, and a mysterious cliffhanger to be climbed back from, in the already scheduled second season.

From Los Angeles Times

Look instead for smaller combinations within the whole and you find only thin threads of understanding.

From BBC

She did the same thing two more times, picking at tiny threads and pulling until the entire sleeve dropped neatly from the coat.

From Literature