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Recent Examples of beads
Lauren Fisher,
Footwear News,
22 June 2026
At the Sankofa Healing Studio booth, children created calming jars filled with beads and glitter while making bracelets with family members and friends.
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Eva Andersen,
CBS News,
21 June 2026
The tiny round succulent beads on a string of pearl plant resemble pearls strung on a necklace.
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Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
19 June 2026
Sequins and shimmery beads come in every shade of the rainbow, and those sparkles can easily be coordinated to the rest of your ensemble.
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Staff Author,
InStyle,
19 June 2026
The tiny glow-boosting beads burst upon contact to support elasticity and collagen production, making this an especially good pick for mature skin craving more cushion and bounce.
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Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
18 June 2026
Avoid fabric softener, scent beads, or dryer sheets.
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Kathy Barnes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 June 2026
Others had plastic beads emerge from their biopsy sites.
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Annika Inampudi,
Fortune,
17 June 2026
The beads buff away the rough surface, while the AHAs get deeper into the pores to prevent new bumps from forming.
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Cheryl Fenton,
Parents,
14 June 2026
Noun
Along with debuting new styles, Ancient Greek Sandals also added beads to some of its bestselling sandals.
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Lauren Fisher,
Footwear News,
22 June 2026
At the Sankofa Healing Studio booth, children created calming jars filled with beads and glitter while making bracelets with family members and friends.
—
Eva Andersen,
CBS News,
21 June 2026
The tiny round succulent beads on a string of pearl plant resemble pearls strung on a necklace.
—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
19 June 2026
Sequins and shimmery beads come in every shade of the rainbow, and those sparkles can easily be coordinated to the rest of your ensemble.
—
Staff Author,
InStyle,
19 June 2026
The tiny glow-boosting beads burst upon contact to support elasticity and collagen production, making this an especially good pick for mature skin craving more cushion and bounce.
—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
18 June 2026
Avoid fabric softener, scent beads, or dryer sheets.
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Kathy Barnes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 June 2026
Others had plastic beads emerge from their biopsy sites.
—
Annika Inampudi,
Fortune,
17 June 2026
The beads buff away the rough surface, while the AHAs get deeper into the pores to prevent new bumps from forming.
—
Cheryl Fenton,
Parents,
14 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beads
Noun
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The stones are arranged in an irregular composition intended to evoke falling droplets of water.
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The most seductive is a spectacular piece called the Untamed, which physically embodies the jeweler’s sensibilities in an 18-karat-white-gold strand of ivy with diamond leaves interspersed with tiny rock-crystal dew droplets.
Verb
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Like generations of potential treatments before it, KRSA-028 is designed to break down a protein called amyloid that clumps up in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients.
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However, sometimes the abnormal IgA (the antibody that clumps up and causes problems) does run in families.
Noun
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Bathroom sink drains can become clogged from hair, globs of toothpaste, and soapy residue.
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Bieber’s face artfully dotted with globs of lotion.
Noun
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For shoppers comparing options, the cheaper menu items at the same studios include standard IV drips and Restore’s $79 NAD+ bundle.
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Next Health’s most popular IV membership, at $299 a month, bundles two IV drips, two vitamin shots and monthly access to cryotherapy, infrared LED, hyperbaric oxygen and body composition scans, which is a useful benchmark for how the membership math actually works at a mid-tier clinic.
Noun
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Gorgeous fragrance of wildflowers and pear drops with lots of juicy peach flavors on the palate, balanced by fresh acidity.
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Some of the individuals charged in the indictment unsealed Wednesday were inmates at prisons around the country and used cellphones to schedule drops at various prisons.
Noun
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In cream, triglycerides are packaged into globules or crystals.
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Little, golden globules of fat are pooling on the surface like Monet lily pads.
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“Beads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beads. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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