as in connecting
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 stringing
The pacing doesn’t flag halfway through, the plot builds out of characterization rather than the other way around, and Hunting Wives is not interested in flashing some leg before stringing viewers along.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Basha Cohen, the company’s director of community engagement and partnership, recalls spending innumerable hours in the early years stringing each oversized ornament by hand with fishing wire.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 25 Nov. 2025
On Tuesday, workers were adding the finishing touches to the experience, stringing thousands of holiday lights along the walkway tunnel from the hotel lobby to the pool deck, turning the path into a sparkling entrance to the Frosted Cabanas.
—Tammy Ljungblad, Kansas City Star, 19 Nov. 2025
Volunteers started stringing lights in late September.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2025
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Basha Cohen, the company’s director of community engagement and partnership, recalls spending innumerable hours in the early years stringing each oversized ornament by hand with fishing wire.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 25 Nov. 2025
On Tuesday, workers were adding the finishing touches to the experience, stringing thousands of holiday lights along the walkway tunnel from the hotel lobby to the pool deck, turning the path into a sparkling entrance to the Frosted Cabanas.
—Tammy Ljungblad, Kansas City Star, 19 Nov. 2025
Volunteers started stringing lights in late September.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stringing
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Combat these fears by connecting your negotiation to your identity and personal goals.—
Kwame Christian Esq,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Everyone planning, strategizing, connecting, feeding one another.—
Katherine Packert Burke,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Beginning at Sunrise Point Fishing Pier, the route winds northwest through the city—ascending stairways, threading through hillside neighborhoods, and weaving across parks both iconic and obscure—before culminating at Lands End Lookout.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Rodríguez appears to be threading a needle.—
Regina Garcia Cano,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Jan. 2026
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In the clip, Ollie Pulleyblank is seen weaving between stationary cars, offering food and drinks to drivers who had been stuck since early morning.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
27 Jan. 2026
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Hundreds of attendees pushed through the crowds, weaving and ducking to find entrances to vendor exhibits.—
Tim Corlett,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Pope Leo made an appeal for a world free from antisemitism, prejudice, oppression and persecution Wednesday before linking the message to International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which was observed the day before.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Authorities, including the president’s office, dismissed news reports at the time linking the move to a coup plot and as the reason for the cancellation of Independence Day commemorations that month.—
Alexander Onukwue,
semafor.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Stringing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stringing. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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