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as in chain
a series of things linked together
recounted the string of events that led to the murder
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as in to thread
to put together into a series by means of or as if by means of a thread
the prosecuting attorney strung the evidence together so that the accused man really did look guilty
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Recent Examples of string
Edward Segarra, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
The bill passed 87-36 in the House after a nearly six-hour debate during which Republicans rejected each in a string of amendments brought by Democrats.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2026
Nora Walsh, Travel + Leisure, 9 Jan. 2026
But then four hunters from Missouri placed a step ladder over a chain that, at the time, was strung across these very T-posts to prevent public access.
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 7 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Lady Gaga has been traveling the world on her Mayhem Ball tour, but her heart remains in America amid political unrest over Immigration and Customs Enforcement's string of raids.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
The bill passed 87-36 in the House after a nearly six-hour debate during which Republicans rejected each in a string of amendments brought by Democrats.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2026
Verb
The town’s top accommodations are strung like beads along the rocky crescent shore.
—Nora Walsh, Travel + Leisure, 9 Jan. 2026
But then four hunters from Missouri placed a step ladder over a chain that, at the time, was strung across these very T-posts to prevent public access.
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 7 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for string
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Transfer to a wire rack set inside a rimmed baking sheet, arranging crispier side down.—
Chris Morocco,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Instead of sending information as electrical signals through copper wire, fiber uses strands of ultra-pure glass—each one thinner than a human hair—to carry data as pulses of light.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
27 Jan. 2026
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Videos included in the post show the band members being escorted through the attraction’s queue as onlookers cheer them on.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
29 Jan. 2026
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Any Londoner or New Yorker knows the queues all too well.—
Lela London,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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While Bluspark isn't a household name, its software supports a large slice of global shipping, including major retailers, grocery chains and manufacturers.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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Now, other small chains are seeing explosive growth.—
Dee-Ann Durbin,
Fortune,
31 Jan. 2026
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The team's results have uncovered that its fast-moving molecular outflows are threaded by strong, organized magnetic structures.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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The two-lane loop threads its way among forests and A-frames and cabins, skirting the waters of June Lake and the lake’s village, which is only a few blocks long.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
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Rule breakers Two spectators ducked the rope line late in the day along the 18th fairway and raced to the other side.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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Though the rope suggests tidy metaphors of unity, coherence, and formal integrity, a playful but insistent messiness effloresces in Simms’s entanglements, throwing any seeming wholeness into question.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
30 Jan. 2026
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Cubans already face constant blackouts and long lines at gas stations from a dwindling supply of fuel.—
Uriel Blanco,
CNN Money,
31 Jan. 2026
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The producers and the author were doing kind of book events and the lines were like several times around the block.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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The sequence of Enoch among the heavenly hosts, violent, shattering with Blakeian geometry and color.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Yong Woo cuts her off with a hug, thanking her for hesitating because of him, and the two walk on into a slo-mo sequence, laughing about Ji Seon’s Busan dialect.—
Hannah Abraham,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Once its parachute is deployed, Draco would connect to a geostationary satellite, outputting its data.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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Knueppel came out hot and swished his first three shots beyond the arc and ended up tossing in 34 points, connecting on 10 of 16 attempts and going 8 for 12 from 3-point range.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Jan. 2026
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“String.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/string. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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