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Recent Examples of bead
Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
The material is tanned deer hide with porcupine quill ornamentation and Venetian glass beads.
—Michelle Deal-Zimmerman, Baltimore Sun, 28 Apr. 2025
Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 17 Apr. 2025
The outer layer of the garment features a PFAS-free Durable Water Repellent (DWR) coating that allows light rain to bead up and roll right off.
—Anne Taylor, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025
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Noun
These are not like fish scales but resemble medium-sized beads on a string.
—Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
The material is tanned deer hide with porcupine quill ornamentation and Venetian glass beads.
—Michelle Deal-Zimmerman, Baltimore Sun, 28 Apr. 2025
Verb
All pieces are hand beaded with a technique passed down from generation to generation by Indigenous Guatemalan artisans hailing from the rural villages near Lake Atitlán, where crafts play an important role in people’s daily life and the local economy.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 17 Apr. 2025
The outer layer of the garment features a PFAS-free Durable Water Repellent (DWR) coating that allows light rain to bead up and roll right off.
—Anne Taylor, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bead
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Or do lawmakers and policymakers genuinely believe the United States can't defend its interests around the world without pouring globs of taxpayer money into a building that fails financial audits on an annual basis?—
Daniel R. DePetris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 May 2025
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The soft egg contains a glob of orange goo in the middle.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
5 May 2025
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
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Chen says clinical trials that evaluate droplets from many different patients will also be necessary to ensure the tests work with samples that have varying pH levels, white blood cell counts and fructose concentrations.—
Joanna Thompson,
Scientific American,
14 May 2025
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If someone infected with pertussis coughs or sneezes, tiny droplets are released that contain the bacteria.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
1 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
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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
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Equipped with steam rooms, saunas and a two-lane lap pool, this polished space is gearing up for WorldPride with IV drips, HydraFacials, and eye and lip perks all available before the parade begins on June 7th.—
Jared Ranahan,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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In silvery grays and greens, with uneven salt drips and textured glazes that resemble the moon’s surface or, sometimes, an orange peel, Wilson wares are coveted both as objets d’art and for their extraordinary story of Black self-determination in the postwar South.—
Jacoba Urist,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 May 2025
Verb
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Concentrates are lumped together in the same category as carts and pens, including high quality extracts like live resin or rosin.—
Benjamin Adams,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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In her community, those who knew about psychedelics tended to lump them in with other illicit drugs.—
Michael Pollan,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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Related Articles Overall sales were down 11 percent to $1.2 billion — which beat analyst expectations of a 12.4 percent drop.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
13 May 2025
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The latest drop channels that same buzzworthy energy, but this time with a tropical twist.—
Lauren Thomann,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 May 2025
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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 24 May. 2025.
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