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Recent Examples of filaments
Farther out, the counter-jet about 6,000 light-years from the black hole appears as two filaments connected by a hotspot, forming a faint C-shape that's consistent with radio observations, the researchers note in the study.
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Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2025
These filaments have long been observed in real clusters like Perseus but never before reproduced in a simulation.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
Its inner space is dense with filaments of tubulin and actin, another protein that plays a similar skeletal role.
—Veronique Greenwood, Quanta Magazine, 8 Sep. 2025
Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2025
These filaments have long been observed in real clusters like Perseus but never before reproduced in a simulation.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
Its inner space is dense with filaments of tubulin and actin, another protein that plays a similar skeletal role.
—Veronique Greenwood, Quanta Magazine, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for filaments
Noun
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Bifidobacterium boosts the immune system, balances inflammation, regulates metabolism and helps to digest certain carbohydrates and dietary fibers.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Only in stories can Charlotte weave her fibers into the form of human script.—
Harmon Siegel,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Having established a genome for every eukaryotic creature, researchers will gain deep new insights into the connections among the threads in Earth’s web of life, and into how evolution proceeded for its myriad life forms.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 Oct. 2025
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Also starring Denis O'Hare, Zachary Quinto, Sandra Bernhard, Isaac Powell, and Patti LuPone, NYC interrogates many thematic threads, but none more so than the illusion of control.—
James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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No cords or wires will be spilling out thanks to the organization slots at the back of this media unit that stealthily corral them at the back.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
8 Oct. 2025
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Modern qubit circuits have more knobs and wires and things, but that’s just how to tune the levels, how to couple or entangle them.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Filaments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filaments. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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