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needlepoint

noun

Definition of needlepoint

as in cross-stitch

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Recent Examples of needlepoint The needlepoint artwork hung in Miron Ahler’s childhood bedroom. — Sara Ruffin Costello, Architectural Digest, 19 Aug. 2026 Slow hobbies like knitting, needlepoint, and gardening have become more popular as younger generations seek to unplug. — Laura Bradley, HEALTH, 14 Aug. 2026 The late Helaena and her cryptic needlepoint hardly helped clear things up. — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026 The Oscar winner was doing needlepoint between takes while shooting the 1968 comedy, perhaps as a way to keep his hands busy. — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for needlepoint

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Bring lunch and a portable, non-messy handwork project — knitting, crochet, embroidery, cross-stitch, quilting, felting, and more — for an informal gathering of makers.

— Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
Meanwhile, the grip was still the same shape and made of brass, but the cross-stitch pattern was cut by machine rather than hand.

— David Szondy August 30, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026

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The walls are decorated with memories, paintings and artwork, like needlework from his wife that depicts cats in their leisure time.

— Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 25 Aug. 2026
Historians generally say the embroidery was produced by English women, whose needlework was admired throughout Europe and praised in Norman sources after the Conquest.

— Tiago Ventura, Time, 10 July 2026

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