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Recent Examples of filaments
Understanding how those filaments emerge is key to understanding how gas accumulates and ultimately collapses into new stars.
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Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 1 June 2026
The coating looks like a thick layer of unidentified filaments.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 22 May 2026
The team demonstrated this by printing soft lattices and wavy filaments that deform in dramatically different ways under heat.
—New Atlas, 19 May 2026
That means a course of action that targets everything from blackheads to excess sebum production to sebaceous filaments, the thin threads that tend to pop up on your nose, to even redness, which can cause skin to swell, enhancing the appearance of pores.
—Diana Tsui, Footwear News, 15 May 2026
Because of these long, tentacle-like filaments, Messier 77 is also known as the Squid Galaxy.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 10 May 2026
Radio filaments, in particular, showcase the extreme collimation of material.
—Big Think, 4 May 2026
When a porcini is young, the mouths of the tubes are covered with tangled white hairlike filaments called hyphae.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 May 2026
My current project, which began in Italian, has now shifted largely into English, but still contains filaments and elements of Italian.
—Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 1 June 2026
The coating looks like a thick layer of unidentified filaments.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 22 May 2026
The team demonstrated this by printing soft lattices and wavy filaments that deform in dramatically different ways under heat.
—New Atlas, 19 May 2026
That means a course of action that targets everything from blackheads to excess sebum production to sebaceous filaments, the thin threads that tend to pop up on your nose, to even redness, which can cause skin to swell, enhancing the appearance of pores.
—Diana Tsui, Footwear News, 15 May 2026
Because of these long, tentacle-like filaments, Messier 77 is also known as the Squid Galaxy.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 10 May 2026
Radio filaments, in particular, showcase the extreme collimation of material.
—Big Think, 4 May 2026
When a porcini is young, the mouths of the tubes are covered with tangled white hairlike filaments called hyphae.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 May 2026
My current project, which began in Italian, has now shifted largely into English, but still contains filaments and elements of Italian.
—Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for filaments
Noun
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Over time, the fibers in the sheet fabric begin to break down, which leads to discoloration, unwanted odors, pilling, and tearing.—
Maria Sabella,
The Spruce,
15 June 2026
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Cold water can help extend the life of clothing since hot water can cause more damage to fabric fibers.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
15 June 2026
Noun
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The frequency of horizontal gene transfer means that, in addition to the neatly branching trees that relate species by common descent, there are small threads connecting distant branches of the tree of life.—
John Timmer,
ArsTechnica,
16 June 2026
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One of the more harrowing threads in the film involves a protagonist who is molested by a religious figure but has no recourse to justice.—
Jenny S. Li,
Variety,
16 June 2026
Noun
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Trees and utility wires were reported down across the region.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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Some trees were down and poles on fire, and wires were down in the Ogden Dunes area, Barker said.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Filaments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filaments. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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