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as in rolls
to move in a stream
blood streaming out of a wound
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as in drifts
to move or proceed smoothly and readily
cars streaming along the freeway
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as in flows
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as in beams
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Recent Examples of streams
Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025
While the stellar extent of the galaxy is normally only shown to overlap with the bright dusty disk, superior techniques can reveal the low surface-brightness halo and streams around it.
—Big Think, 27 Oct. 2025
Walz, though, pointed to the rise of some left-leaning thinkers over the past year like Hasan Piker, a popular commentator who streams on gaming platform Twitch.
—Jay Stahl, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
The ceremony streams on YouTube on October 16 for our community to experience these powerful moments.
—Essence, 22 Oct. 2025
The Morning Show streams new season four episodes on Apple TV, with new episodes dropping Wednesdays.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
Instead of red blood, blue liquid streams through their veins.
—Kate Siber, Outside, 21 Oct. 2025
This allows real-time decision-making with latency under 10 milliseconds, enabling the G2 to process multiple sensor streams locally and run large-scale AI models directly on the device.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
Throughout the years, the company artists have danced on the grass in the museum’s sculpture court or glided and twirled in the natural light that streams from gallery windows.
—Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
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The Kardashians streams Thursdays on Hulu.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025
While the stellar extent of the galaxy is normally only shown to overlap with the bright dusty disk, superior techniques can reveal the low surface-brightness halo and streams around it.
—Big Think, 27 Oct. 2025
Walz, though, pointed to the rise of some left-leaning thinkers over the past year like Hasan Piker, a popular commentator who streams on gaming platform Twitch.
—Jay Stahl, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
The ceremony streams on YouTube on October 16 for our community to experience these powerful moments.
—Essence, 22 Oct. 2025
The Morning Show streams new season four episodes on Apple TV, with new episodes dropping Wednesdays.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
Instead of red blood, blue liquid streams through their veins.
—Kate Siber, Outside, 21 Oct. 2025
This allows real-time decision-making with latency under 10 milliseconds, enabling the G2 to process multiple sensor streams locally and run large-scale AI models directly on the device.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
Throughout the years, the company artists have danced on the grass in the museum’s sculpture court or glided and twirled in the natural light that streams from gallery windows.
—Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for streams
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Romanticizing old anecdotes through illustration and packing in details, the documentarian pours his soul into Boorman’s for a possession that’s warmly and memorably religious.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
24 Oct. 2025
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Sunlight pours in through soaring windows in the primary suite, illuminating a wooden media center.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
21 Oct. 2025
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Reflect honestly about your longings as Mercury flows with Jupiter and Saturn.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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During a stay here in one of the hotel’s 208 rooms (including 12 suites), guests will be able to enjoy luxe linens, Japanese-style soaking tubs, and plenty of natural light that flows in through floor-to-ceiling windows.—
Mae Hamilton,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Oct. 2025
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But waters continued to rise in rivers across the entire island and mud slides and flash floods remained a major threat.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
28 Oct. 2025
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The buildup can also clog sewage systems, leading to overflows that send raw sewage into rivers, lakes, and oceans.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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The satellite’s microwave radiometer can detect subtle variations in sea-surface salinity, which is critical for studying ocean circulation, freshwater fluxes, and climate patterns.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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That’s why At One has invested in Gigablue, which uses microalgae to accelerate natural carbon fluxes into deep-sea sediments.—
Melissa Jun Rowley,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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There's a large body of physical evidence as well, including moon rocks, subsequent photos of the landing sites and the existence of a retroreflector that can bounce back beams from Earth.—
Adam Carlson,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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According to the graphic on the Optoma UHZ58LV's product page (reproduced below), one laser takes care of the red color spectrum while the other beams out blue, green and yellow.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
30 Oct. 2025
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Several rivulets flowed lazily through the debris.—
Daniel A. Gross,
New Yorker,
27 Aug. 2025
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Perhaps those latent rivulets reside in machines.—
Thomas Moynihan,
Big Think,
20 Aug. 2025
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Geomagnetically induced currents—or GICs—surge across Earth’s surface.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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Flash flooding currents are strong and can sweep drivers off roadways.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Oct. 2025
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This approach can reduce the overhead coordination of traditional innovation processes while maximizing the probability of generating top-tier ideas from the start.—
François Candelon,
Fortune,
31 Oct. 2025
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Understanding and analyzing the processes behind hurricane intensification, via the use of satellites like Sentinel-2, can help to improve hurricane forecasting and, in the process, save lives.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Streams.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/streams. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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