plexuses

plural of plexus

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for plexuses
Noun
  • The ray spiders flung their webs when the tuning fork was farther away than the mosquitos had been.
    Ari Daniel, NPR, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Its pointed arches, flying buttresses and piers sprouting ribs that branched like spider webs helped usher in the Gothic age.
    Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • And yet the very same characters who are most entangled in history’s meshes sometimes briefly wriggle free.
    Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Compared with rigid metal meshes, CNTF fabrics showed more uniform heating behavior and fewer hot spots.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Driving through deep water can also affect a vehicle's mechanical and electrical systems.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 14 June 2026
  • Snowden resigned from the CIA in 2009 and began working as a technical expert for Dell, which managed the computer systems for multiple government agencies.
    Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 14 June 2026
Noun
  • Across movie studios, television networks and content production firms, AI creators CNBC spoke to mentioned using a wide variety of generative AI tools, with Midjourney, Adobe Firefly, Kling, MiniMax, Seedance and Google’s AI Studio being frequently mentioned.
    Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 11 June 2026
  • These networks are viewed with less enthusiasm in the age of streaming, because more consumers are abandoning their cable subscriptions in favor of streaming services.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • Before shopping malls, theme parks and suburban office complexes reshaped Central Florida, downtown Orlando was where people went for almost everything.
    Sarah M. Boye, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2026
  • While Miami may have studio complexes, what the Orlando Museum of Art offers with its Florida Prize is that local artists basically get the chance to exhibit in what amounts to solo shows in a major museum.
    Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • Both artists show systems through synecdoche, with parts standing in for wholes.
    Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 May 2026
  • The right brain sees in wholes (the gestalt), whereas the left brain loves systems.
    Christian Wiman, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Yet sluggishness at the very top is masking dynamism throughout the rest of the list, as a new generation of firms—whether Vietnamese conglomerates, Singaporean banks, or once-loss-making digital platforms—is capturing a greater share of regional revenue and profits.
    Andrew Staples, Fortune, 16 June 2026
  • Without the original visionary steering the DNA, there have been too many incidents where conglomerates have diluted a brand by aggressively licensing the name, expanding into low-quality mass markets, or mismanaging the creative succession.
    Kati Chitrakorn, Vogue, 15 June 2026
Noun
  • Industry experts caution that aggregates derived from coal waste currently represent only a tiny sliver of China’s annual consumption.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 15 June 2026
  • Humanity produces roughly 4 billion tons of it every year, mixing the fine powder with water, sand, and aggregates like gravel to create concrete and mortar used in buildings, bridges, roads, tunnels, dams, and countless other forms of infrastructure.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 May 2026
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“Plexuses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plexuses. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.

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