broomsticks

noun

plural of broomstick
as in bows

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  1. bows
  2. loops
  3. handles
  4. grips
  5. shafts
Noun
  • Developed with Montex, the silhouettes combined an everyday piece—such as a yellow lingerie dress—with a collapsible overlayer, for example a tent-like structure in transparent lace or a cage of leather bows.
    — Tina Isaac-Goizé, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The actress showcased a high-low dress with a deep V-neck, bows at the shoulders and a ruffly skirt.
    — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of bows
Noun
  • Instead, businesses need to pay attention to AI-specific metrics such as data drift, hallucinations, reasoning loops and token consumption.
    — Klaudia Zaika, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The production is a rattling junk drawer of circuit-bent thrift-store keyboards, dusty drum machines, and unintuitive loops, and KTO combines them into head-scratching, shouldn’t-work grooves.
    — Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of loops
Noun
  • Claude also found an out-of-bounds read that depended on a particular sequence of operations involving two handles to the same file.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Other features include comfortable handles, an adjustable strap, and a luggage sleeve.
    — Kaitlin Gates, Travel + Leisure, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of handles
Noun
  • Although first published nearly fifty years ago, this is still the best place to start for anyone who wants to get to grips with the Venetian Republic.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The older contingent of media and entertainment leaders have to come to grips with the fact that the world’s population is getting younger.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of grips
Noun
  • The electric motors provide propulsion through the vessel’s two shafts.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The official said that the collapse began on Sunday in one of the mine shafts and spread to the other interconnected shafts.
    — Yasir Abdallah, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of shafts
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