1
as in tale
a brief account of something interesting that happened especially to one personally
Grandpa likes to tell yarns about when he was young
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2
as in story
a work with imaginary characters and events that is shorter and usually less complex than a novel
a ripping yarn about space travel and alien monsters
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Recent Examples of yarn
The warm if somewhat familiar bedtime story takes on a different dimension when it’s revealed to be a bedtime story, and the adult Orion (Colin Hanks) soon becomes a co-author and a character when his daughter begins her own yarn.
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James Grebey, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025
Perfect for chore-free holidays, the formula absorbs into the inner core of the fibres and relaxes the yarns in order for the polymer chains to ‘pull’ back into its original, crease free shape.
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
The new yarn has applications especially in workout wear, as brands are looking for a more sustainable alternative to Spandex.
—Rhonda Richford, WWD, 14 Feb. 2025
Made from natural yarns, this sweater has a comfortable design that includes a ribbed pattern and slit at the hem for a casual and fashionable look.
—Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 12 Feb. 2025
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James Grebey, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025
Perfect for chore-free holidays, the formula absorbs into the inner core of the fibres and relaxes the yarns in order for the polymer chains to ‘pull’ back into its original, crease free shape.
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
The new yarn has applications especially in workout wear, as brands are looking for a more sustainable alternative to Spandex.
—Rhonda Richford, WWD, 14 Feb. 2025
Made from natural yarns, this sweater has a comfortable design that includes a ribbed pattern and slit at the hem for a casual and fashionable look.
—Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yarn
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Some of the men who were deported from Guantánamo to Venezuela have told a familiar tale of being beaten by guards, strip-searched, and put into solitary confinement, and of suicide attempts as well as hunger strikes to protest the inhumane conditions.—
Edwidge Danticat,
The New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2025
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Were the tales of alien abduction that became popular in the 1980s a kind of mass hallucination?—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
9 Mar. 2025
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Chris Malone Mendez,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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Both episodes owe a big spiritual debt to Lost, which also liked to toggle back and forth between the main island story, its characters’ former lives, and all its weird mythology.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
7 Mar. 2025
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Additional books in the immensely popular series include A Court of Mist and Fury, A Court of Wings and Ruin, the novella A Court of Frost and Starlight and A Court of Silver Flames.—
Keisha Hatchett,
TVLine,
14 Feb. 2025
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The factual novella lacks the self-soothing aspects of the self-eulogizing fantasy, while telling the same tale, with Hemingway acting, by his frantic verbal participation, as its co-author, contributing to what is at once a parody and, in another way, the superior realization of his own book.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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The puzzle at the center of The Accountant 2 matters insofar as the film needs a narrative propellant.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
9 Mar. 2025
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Philibert, who edits his own films, added that the most important thing was to construct a narrative.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
9 Mar. 2025
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“Yarn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yarn. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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