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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
Courtney Crowder, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
During a powerful El Niño cycle in 1997-98, an intense string of storms caused flooding and debris flows across the state.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Claire Hao, Houston Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2026
Brown and her creative team have gotten caught up in adornment without capturing a deeper undertow that strings it all together.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2026
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Noun
The red string began to appear before Welsh, connecting the pushpins of CF clues that had felt disconnected for so long.
—Courtney Crowder, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
During a powerful El Niño cycle in 1997-98, an intense string of storms caused flooding and debris flows across the state.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Verb
In other words, the oil and gas industry doesn’t require massive power lines strung across the state to continue thriving, Bennett said.
—Claire Hao, Houston Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2026
Brown and her creative team have gotten caught up in adornment without capturing a deeper undertow that strings it all together.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for string
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Deputies said more than a half-mile of copper wire, 2,800 feet, was stolen during the thefts.—
Tim Fang,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Nyuyen’s compound was surrounded by a 12-ft wall of barbed wire and guard posts.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
7 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Vehicles queue at a petrol station on March 9, 2026 in Huaian, Jiangsu Province of China.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
10 Apr. 2026
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The long bill was pushed to the bottom of the queue.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
9 Apr. 2026
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Set the scene The latest ultra-luxury hotel chain to land in Greece, and the newest milestone in the ritzy revival of the Athenian Riviera.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Apr. 2026
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Through a red chain-link curtain is a back room containing the likes of Screw, Al Goldstein’s erotic tabloid from the sixties and seventies.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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Also on view are photos by Adrian Burrell, a third-generation resident of Oakland, California, whose photos are inspired by a family history of enslavement that threads from Senegal to Louisiana.—
Brian Boucher,
ARTnews.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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Be sure to use fresh plumber's tape when threading the showerhead back on to prevent leaks.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
9 Apr. 2026
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Close to Rocky Mountain National Park, this all-inclusive guest ranch has everything from classic ranch activities like trail rides to surprising options such as a ropes course and zip line.—
Julie Bielenberg,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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Consider making a tepee or similar structure to conserve space and send the vining bean plants up a rope grid.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Apr. 2026
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This photo was taken as the Artemis II crew flew over the terminator, the dividing line between light and darkness on the moon.—
Mark Osborne,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Yet, in between the lines stitching together the box score, the Knicks’ one-two punch has been growing closer, through the adversity that has been the 2025-26 NBA season.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
10 Apr. 2026
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Hart will, however, address the pair of 20-point comebacks the Knicks pulled off en route to the conference finals for the first time in a quarter-century, a sequence of bizarre events many called a fluke.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
10 Apr. 2026
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The robot is built to manage continuous task sequences efficiently.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Apr. 2026
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The two stayed connected by writing letters to each other when camp ended.—
Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
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The device works with most routers and can be connected using a push-button pairing process.—
StackCommerce Team,
PC Magazine,
10 Apr. 2026
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“String.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/string. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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