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Recent Examples of bead
Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 27 July 2025
Paris Couture Week has always promised a dream: handmade gowns, beading that takes months, silks spun just so.
—Karissa Mitchell, Essence, 10 July 2025
Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Natural jojoba beads gently scrub away dirt, oil, and impurities, while 5% gluconolactone idssolves dead skin cells.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 1 Aug. 2025
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Noun
At first pitch, Shaw looks to his wrist, at the red beaded bracelet his mother, Stephanie, gave him before the season.
—Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 27 July 2025
Paris Couture Week has always promised a dream: handmade gowns, beading that takes months, silks spun just so.
—Karissa Mitchell, Essence, 10 July 2025
Verb
Composed of natural and synthetic fibers, mannequins, handmade paper, spandex bodysuits, beads, notions, shoes, poly fill, paint, and gel medium, Saya Woolfalk’s Chimera from her 2012 The Empathics series challenge the viewer’s perception, as they are led into a narrative fantasy reality.
—Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Natural jojoba beads gently scrub away dirt, oil, and impurities, while 5% gluconolactone idssolves dead skin cells.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 1 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bead
Noun
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Each glob of goo will connect to any glob it is placed next to, which allows for all kinds of creations – especially as variables are introduced that toy with the game’s physics.—
Joshua Rivera,
Vulture,
6 May 2025
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Then Domokos and the chief engineer of the model spotted a glob of stray glue clinging to one of its vertices.—
Elise Cutts,
Quanta Magazine,
25 June 2025
Verb
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Water simply pearled on the surface without penetrating the membrane, and even the shoes’ exterior dried pretty quickly once the clouds parted and the sun came out.—
Asia London Palomba,
Travel + Leisure,
3 July 2025
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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
Noun
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Inhaling contaminated water droplets is the typical way of getting infected with Legionella and not through person-to-person transmission.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Face shields that can block large droplets and large aerosols without the discomfort of masks might be one way to reduce cow-to-human infections among workers.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
5 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The cold air is the same, and the snow pellets my cap, sifts under my collar.—
Jonny Diamond,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2025
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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
Noun
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When watering tomatoes, deliver water directly to the base of a plant using a watering wand, a drip hose, or a watering can with a long spout.—
Sheryl Geerts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Aug. 2025
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Water by drip irrigation rather than overhead to keep the leaves dry.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
7 Aug. 2025
Verb
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As Mousavi noted, some previous studies have lumped all types of potatoes together for their effects on type 2 diabetes.—
Sarah Garone,
Health,
8 Aug. 2025
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Or will he get lumped in with Arthur Burns, abettor of the ‘70’s inflation debacle, and be denied Hall of Fame entry.—
Bob Haber,
Forbes.com,
3 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Most of this year’s drop comes from traditional district-run schools, which now have 191,507 students, down 8,733 students from a year ago.—
Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Aug. 2025
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The move came after UnitedHealth’s stock suffered a year-to-date drop of more than 40%, prompting dip buyers to speculate on a recovery.—
Benzinga,
Freep.com,
16 Aug. 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 20 Aug. 2025.
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