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to mark with or as if with a line or groove in fencing circles it is a mark of honor to have one's face seamed with saber cuts

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seam

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noun

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Recent Examples of seam
Verb
This would reflect the proper spin and seam orientation needed for the changeup to be its most devastating. Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 8 July 2024 Three spinners was an overload on a seaming English-style morning and his batting unit promptly began a processional march back to the pavilion. Tim Ellis, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Noun
But the seams of Brooks’ writing show often, becoming impossible to ignore. Tomris Laffly, Variety, 27 Jan. 2025 Mining Her Country’s Nightmares: In her fiction, Han Kang has probed at the seams of South Korea’s historic wounds. New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for seam 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seam
Verb
  • The Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development is stiffing American businesses on hundreds of millions of dollars in unpaid bills for work that has already been done, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
    Ellen Knickmeyer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2025
  • The case brought by Bragg and New York Attorney General Letitia James was filed after Trump pardoned Bannon of similar federal charges in a last-minute clemency blitz before last leaving office.
    Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The pants have a high waist, functional pockets, and flattering pleats.
    Nicol Natale, People.com, 10 Feb. 2025
  • The trousers are wide-legged and include pleats in the front.
    Mikelle Street, WWD, 9 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The sutures split open because of all the rubbing and the pressure from the swelling.
    Meirav Devash, Allure, 17 Jan. 2025
  • There were also several distinctive abnormalities, such as a closed cranial suture that typically only fuses around age 65.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 13 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Vintage nonstick pots and pans were typically made with toxic materials that could be more hazardous if the cookware item is scratched or nicked.
    Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Carson Soucy was healthy scratched for the first time this season, with Elias Pettersson, the defenceman, drawing into the lineup instead.
    Harman Dayal, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • If skiing isn’t your thing, the resort is still a haven for winter activity: ice skate across Brewer’s Pond, located in the heart of the village, go tubing at Tube Town, or fat bike or snowshoe on a variety of trails and loops that skirt the edge of the ski hill.
    Jennifer Malloy, Travel + Leisure, 17 Feb. 2025
  • Conveniently located inside the I-435 loop, this close-in development offers easy access to major highways.
    ReeceNichols Real Estate, Kansas City Star, 16 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • And the stars are loving it too, grooving and shaking their way down the hall.
    Brendan Le, People.com, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Throwing a perfect game — Once again finding itself in a national TV spot, Detroit’s offense was systematically grooving against the Seahawks.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The corrugation process guarantees that the containers are robust and lightweight, which is necessary for stacking and transportation in an efficient manner.
    CMG Containers, Sun Sentinel, 1 May 2024
  • Electrons in today’s graphene can move up to a micrometer before getting scattered by imperfections, such as corrugations in the surface of the material or grain boundaries between adjacent crystal patches.
    Chun-Yung Sung, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Jan. 2012
Verb
  • What's next: AI medical scribes only scratch the surface of generative AI's potential in health care.
    Erin Brodwin, Axios, 3 Feb. 2025
  • The feature is in development with Paw Patrol scribes Cal Brunker and Bob Barlen.
    Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2025

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“Seam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seam. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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