as in swellings
a small rounded mass of swollen tissue
the doctor examined the node on my knee before deciding it was the result of arthritis
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Recent Examples of nodes
The green leaves grow to 2 inches long, and the leafy shoots spread along the ground, rooting at the nodes.
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Judy Nauseef, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 May 2026
Remove bottom leaves and place slips in a clear glass jar of clean water to cover one or two leaf nodes.
—Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 10 May 2026
Eventually, SpaceX aims to tap Starship to launch nodes for an orbital data center constellation, a project forged by SpaceX’s acquisition of xAI, another Elon Musk company.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 May 2026
That architecture was designed to protect tightly clustered strategic nodes, including the capital, Al Udeid Air Base, Ras Laffan, and key Gulf approaches.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 3 May 2026
Technicians poke and prod every component at test benches attached to custom boards with thousands of nodes.
—Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 30 Apr. 2026
If even that extended range and better connectivity aren't enough, the Gen 3 router also supports adding up to three mesh nodes for whole-house coverage.
—Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 30 Apr. 2026
Micron's nodes are likely to become more popular as AI booms, lifting sales and the stock, Davidson said.
—Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 28 Apr. 2026
First, the input expression—for instance, a sparse vector multiplication—is translated into a graph of abstract memory and compute nodes.
—Olivia Hsu, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Apr. 2026
Judy Nauseef, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 May 2026
Remove bottom leaves and place slips in a clear glass jar of clean water to cover one or two leaf nodes.
—Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 10 May 2026
Eventually, SpaceX aims to tap Starship to launch nodes for an orbital data center constellation, a project forged by SpaceX’s acquisition of xAI, another Elon Musk company.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 May 2026
That architecture was designed to protect tightly clustered strategic nodes, including the capital, Al Udeid Air Base, Ras Laffan, and key Gulf approaches.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 3 May 2026
Technicians poke and prod every component at test benches attached to custom boards with thousands of nodes.
—Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 30 Apr. 2026
If even that extended range and better connectivity aren't enough, the Gen 3 router also supports adding up to three mesh nodes for whole-house coverage.
—Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 30 Apr. 2026
Micron's nodes are likely to become more popular as AI booms, lifting sales and the stock, Davidson said.
—Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 28 Apr. 2026
First, the input expression—for instance, a sparse vector multiplication—is translated into a graph of abstract memory and compute nodes.
—Olivia Hsu, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nodes
Noun
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Infection is rapid, causing swellings in the lymph nodes (buboes) and leading to septicaemia and pulmonary infection.—
Matthew Binnicker,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
Noun
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What patients experience—painful nodules, swelling, abscesses and drainage—is the visible endpoint of that internal cascade.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
6 May 2026
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There, red nodules formed and progressed to develop dark centers.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
1 May 2026
Noun
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The one exception is cocoa powder; those lumps need to be broken up.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
10 May 2026
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The Huskies, after winning the Big East championship and playing in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 24 years, took some losses in the transfer portal and took their lumps in the early season southern and western swings, losing 10 of their first 12 games.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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While Amazon has successfully courted high fashion brands over the years like Coach, there were a few bumps on the road.—
Roy Stephen Canivel,
Footwear News,
11 May 2026
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No one who flew Spirit was doing caviar bumps in a lounge.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
Noun
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Researchers also tested the device in gelatin models containing stiff spherical objects designed to mimic tumors hidden beneath tissue.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
9 May 2026
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Those are slow growing tumors that give symptoms of headaches that won't go away, seizures, and neurological issues.—
Chris Hoffman,
CBS News,
9 May 2026
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“Nodes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nodes. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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