variants
or runlet
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rundlet
Noun
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On another morning Woods put a hollow red barrel on the drill and bored into the ice at a refrozen site to extract an ice core about as long and thick as his arm.—
Alec Luhn,
Scientific American,
20 May 2025 -
The International Monetary Fund has estimated that oil must be at almost $100 a barrel for the kingdom to balance its funding of Vision 2030 economic transformation.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
Noun
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In January, hundreds of residents were evacuated from the Patrick Sullivan Senior Apartments on the Near West Side due to a burst pipe, which resulted in flooding and the loss of heat and hot water.—
Lizzie Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
21 May 2025
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If a thick layer of wet coffee grounds is placed around a plant, a water-resistant barrier is formed (ask a plumber what the grounds do to your plumbing pipes).—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
18 May 2025
Noun
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The similarities suggest the mechanism may be a common trigger for tuns and other forms of hardy dormancy, a phenomenon that scientists call cryptobiosis.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
17 Jan. 2024
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Under these forms of stress, tardigrades curl up into a temporary, protective state of dormancy called a tun.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
17 Jan. 2024
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“Rundlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rundlet. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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