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Recent Examples of bead
Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2025
Maybe just a treasury friendship bracelet, with gold beads.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
Sallie Tisdale, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
The resin beads exchange their sodium ions for the calcium and magnesium ions in the water, making the water soft.6
This process of softening water can use a lot of water.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 19 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Concerts are held on select nights during that period, following the park’s nightly Mardi Gras Parade, which will feature six new floats this year as well as the traditional bead tossing.
—Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2025
Maybe just a treasury friendship bracelet, with gold beads.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
Verb
The surface tension of elemental mercury is so high that the liquid beads up rather than puddling and doesn’t cling to much of anything, ceaselessly vacuuming into itself.
—Sallie Tisdale, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
The resin beads exchange their sodium ions for the calcium and magnesium ions in the water, making the water soft.6
This process of softening water can use a lot of water.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bead
Noun
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Depp pushes over a cabinet with dishes, rips open her dress and makes a most unholy noise as her eyeballs go up in their sockets, tongue juts out and globs of drool pour from her mouth.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
24 Dec. 2024
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At the end of the first song, a small red glob rained down from above.—
Joe Lynch,
Billboard,
3 Sep. 2019
Verb
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Condensation began to pearl at the edges of his rental face mask, an older model that pressed uncomfortably against his temples.—
Elliot Ackerman,
WIRED,
9 Feb. 2024
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Since bead materials can run the gamut—from glass to pearl to wood and beyond—Korn notes that some bead styles are inherently more casual than others.—
Aemilia Madden,
Harper's BAZAAR,
24 July 2023
Noun
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The dark spots drew together and welled like a droplet of sweat, then ran down her wrist and fell to the carpet.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
14 Jan. 2025
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The most efficient ways to milk cows invariably send a plume of milk droplets into the air—and sanitizing equipment is cumbersome.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The technique has produced delicious, consistent results from campsites in Big Sur, California, and Baja, Mexico—and in everything from frying oil to pellet grills to standard home ovens.—
Wes Siler,
Outside Online,
25 Nov. 2024
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Extremely high temperatures inside the reactor in those first few days are believed to have melted parts of the zirconium alloy fuel rods and some of the uranium pellets themselves.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
16 Mar. 2011
Noun
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Mister Rogers, with his cardigan drip, that sweater-wearing prowess, was a fiery change-maker, as noted in Chantel Tattoli’s article about his college days in The Paris Review.—
Ken Makin,
The Christian Science Monitor,
15 Jan. 2025
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Create a Cleaning Caddy Here’s how to store cleaning supplies without worrying about spills or drips ruining a nice basket: Nestle a plastic caddy with a handle inside the basket.—
Kelly Roberson,
Better Homes & Gardens,
13 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Potatoes Protein content: around four grams per medium-size potato (baked) While the potato is often lumped in with starchy foods like rice, bread, pasta, and cereal, it’s—surprise!—actually classified as a vegetable.—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
8 Jan. 2025
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He was lumped in with Cedric Pare, a middle-six Toronto Marlies forward, and Dakota Mermis, who has yet to play for the Leafs.—
Joshua Kloke,
The Athletic,
4 Jan. 2025
Noun
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His drop has turned into a days-long news story, in part because the Ravens now have three tight ends each with one year left on their contracts: Jackson’s security blanket, Andrews; Isaiah Likely, a quickly ascending pass catcher; and perhaps the best blocking tight end of the trio, Charlie Kolar.—
Sam Cohn,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Jan. 2025
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If there’s any chance someone with a tree nut allergy will eat these chocolate drops, return them for a refund.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The night culminated with a countdown as a glowing geodesic sphere 12 feet in diameter and weighing almost six tons descended from its lofty perch atop One Times Square.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
1 Jan. 2023
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And young people are innovating outside that sphere as well, including Southern-gothic singer-songwriter Ethel Cain and art-rockers Geese.—
Vulture,
Vulture,
6 June 2022
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“Bead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bead. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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