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Recent Examples of bead
Melissa Willets, Parents, 1 Nov. 2025
Unlike beads, Durafoam evenly absorbs body weight and won’t compress over time.
—Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 30 Oct. 2025
Julia Teti, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2025
As the spice levels rise, sweat starts to bead, faces flush, and answers descend into incoherent yelps.
—Diana Hubbell, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Other ideas include Perler beads, Rainbow Loom, slime making, and Shrinky Dinks.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 1 Nov. 2025
Unlike beads, Durafoam evenly absorbs body weight and won’t compress over time.
—Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
The look, curated by stylist Rhonda Spies, featured a base black velvet fabric with an ornate curation of sequin and beaded embellishments that created a bursting star pattern.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2025
As the spice levels rise, sweat starts to bead, faces flush, and answers descend into incoherent yelps.
—Diana Hubbell, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bead
Noun
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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,
Wired News,
10 Aug. 2025
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Drink options include the Green Dread – a bright green gin concoction served from a beaker – and the Bloodsucker, a rum and blackberry liqueur drink served with a dollop of dark red jello meant to look like a glob of blood.—
Bailey Schulz,
USA Today,
5 Aug. 2025
Verb
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From stone faces to pearl charm tips, Macmillan’s imagination ran beyond the bounds of natural beauty, marrying organic animation with sculpture techniques.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
31 Oct. 2025
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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
Noun
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The research team highlighted that this process creates ideal conditions for atmospheric water vapour to condense into droplets on the cooler surface, the way steam condenses on your bathroom mirror.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Nov. 2025
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Run The Range Hood Hot air and steam carry oil droplets during cooking and deposit them, leaving behind a greasy residue on cabinets, walls, and other surfaces.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
3 Nov. 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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Nikola Jokić is a time-bending honey drip with periscope vision.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
11 Nov. 2025
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Half Past 8, a patch company that launched last week, says that its products sidestep the crash and comedown associated with some pills and gummies by offering a slow drip of wellness.—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
11 Nov. 2025
Verb
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But we're lumped in all of that.—
Tanisha Bhat,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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The union said Starbucks is unfairly lumping together various economic proposals from the union to arrive at those pay raise figures.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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As Arizona squeezes more money from its decreasing share of river water, freighting every drop with critical industries and a booming housing market, the price of water is bound to keep climbing.—
Austin Corona,
AZCentral.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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To remove rust, sprinkle a bit of Bar Keepers Friend or baking soda over the affected area, add a drop of water to create a paste, and gently scrub with a soft sponge.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
6 Nov. 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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But with those four, Grande was able to establish her credibility in the fragrance sphere early in her music career.—
Emily Jensen,
Harper's BAZAAR,
16 Nov. 2022
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“Bead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bead. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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