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Recent Examples of bead
Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Aug. 2025
To test the effectiveness of the beads, researchers fed mice either a normal diet, a high-fat diet without microbeads, or a high-fat diet with daily microbeads.
—Jay Kakade
august 30, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2025
Throughout the five-week trial, Daedone, often wrapped in a beige shawl, would turn back to look at her partner, Emmett Farley, a writer and meditation guide, who sat in the gallery with a strand of Buddhist mala beads in his hand.
—Thessaly La Force, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
Each is a different color and features a letter or symbol on its back, as well as a bead connected to the hanging loop.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
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Verb
Make several strands using your favorite beads and pompoms, and attach them to a dowel or rod.
—Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Aug. 2025
To test the effectiveness of the beads, researchers fed mice either a normal diet, a high-fat diet without microbeads, or a high-fat diet with daily microbeads.
—Jay Kakade
august 30, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2025
Throughout the five-week trial, Daedone, often wrapped in a beige shawl, would turn back to look at her partner, Emmett Farley, a writer and meditation guide, who sat in the gallery with a strand of Buddhist mala beads in his hand.
—Thessaly La Force, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
Each is a different color and features a letter or symbol on its back, as well as a bead connected to the hanging loop.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 28 Aug. 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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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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Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a device that can turn this agricultural waste into clean electricity, powered only by water droplets.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Aug. 2025
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Since then, many researchers have played with the mathematically robust but very unorthodox idea of black holes as droplets of dark energy.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
24 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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Use a funnel to fill the feeder to avoid drips and spills on the exterior.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
2 Sep. 2025
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Matchas, cortados, lattes, drip coffee, cold brew and other drinks are included on the shop’s current menu, with a promise of more options coming this fall.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In the potentially new 2nd District, politically opposite Marin and Modoc counties would be lumped together for the first time since the Gilded Age.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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Suddenly, everyone is sniping in the middle of this gorgeous plaza in their polka-dot dresses, and nothing is going forward except for Guerdy and Kiki’s embarrassment that they’re once again lumped in with these relentless squawkers.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Sabalenka, who has the much greater variety of the two players, started to bring the drop shot into play.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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Ultimately, costly mistakes — a Miles Sanders red zone fumble in the third quarter and three drops from CeeDee Lamb in the fourth quarter — gave the Eagles a slim 24-20 victory.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 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 9 Sep. 2025.
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