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  1. Triangle shirtwaist factory fire | Deaths & Facts | Britannica

    Nov 27, 2025 · Triangle shirtwaist factory fire, fatal conflagration that occurred on the evening of March 25, 1911, in a New York City sweatshop, touching off a national movement in the United States for …

  2. Why Is the U.S. Bailing Out Argentina? - Encyclopedia Britannica

    Nov 21, 2025 · This was accomplished mainly by imposing high tariffs on imports and thereby sheltering Argentine textile, leather, and home-appliance manufacturers from foreign competition.

  3. Textile - Manufacturing, Fibers, Processes | Britannica

    Oct 31, 2025 · The modern textile industry is still closely related to the apparel industry, but production of fabrics for industrial use has gained in importance. The resulting wide range of end uses demands a …

  4. Textile | Description, Industry, Types, & Facts | Britannica

    Oct 31, 2025 · Textile, any filament, fiber, or yarn that can be made into fabric or cloth, and the resulting material itself. The term is derived from the Latin textilis and the French texere, meaning ’to weave,’ …

  5. Textile - Consumption, Manufacturing, Fibers | Britannica

    Oct 31, 2025 · Textiles are commonly associated with clothing and soft furnishings, an association that accounts for the great emphasis on style and design in textiles. These consume a large portion of …

  6. textile summary | Britannica

    textile, Any filament, fibre, or yarn that can be made into fabric or cloth, and the resulting material itself. The word originally referred only to woven fabrics but now includes knitted, bonded, felted, and tufted …

  7. List of textiles - Britannica

    textile, any filament, fibre, or yarn that can be made into fabric or cloth, and the resulting material itself. The term is derived from the Latin textilis and the French texere, meaning “to weave,” and it originally …

  8. Carding machine | textile manufacturing | Britannica

    textile, any filament, fibre, or yarn that can be made into fabric or cloth, and the resulting material itself. The term is derived from the Latin textilis and the French texere, meaning “to weave,” and it originally …

  9. Textile - Finishing, Dyeing, Printing | Britannica

    Oct 31, 2025 · Textile - Finishing, Dyeing, Printing: The term finishing includes all the mechanical and chemical processes employed commercially to improve the acceptability of the product, except those …

  10. Karoline Leavitt | Education, Age, Trump’s Press Secretary, & Facts ...

    3 days ago · Karoline Leavitt is an American government official who serves as White House press secretary (2025– ) in the Republican administration of Pres. Donald Trump; she is the youngest …