1
: a stack of hay
2
: a vertical standing wave in turbulent river waters
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The site, called Encore, aggregates items from hundreds of resale websites and helps shoppers find esoteric and unique items—the proverbial needles in the haystack.
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Elissaveta M. Brandon, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2024
Needle in a haystack Finding the tiny needles required a thorough and precise excavation, Pelton said.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
Intelligence agencies have always had to find needles in haystacks.
—Amy Zegart, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2019
The security and performance-monitoring systems attached to the networks collect untold haystacks of data on a daily basis.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Jan. 2013
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Elissaveta M. Brandon, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2024
Needle in a haystack Finding the tiny needles required a thorough and precise excavation, Pelton said.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
Intelligence agencies have always had to find needles in haystacks.
—Amy Zegart, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2019
The security and performance-monitoring systems attached to the networks collect untold haystacks of data on a daily basis.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Jan. 2013
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“Haystack.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/haystack. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.
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haystack
noun
hay·stack
-ˌstak 
: a stack of hay
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