as in connected
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 strung
Take a stroll downtown to spot miniature pumpkins dangling from the oaks along Main Street, or meander down smaller streets to find oversized skeletons by the sidewalks and witches’ hats strung overhead.
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Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2025
It was made of gold and strung with beads made of lapis lazuli, a blue stone prized in antiquity.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
The youngster picked it up fast, and one of our grandest afternoons was the day Ronnie located a line of five scrapes strung through a large tract of second-growth.
—Jim Moore, Outdoor Life, 8 Oct. 2025
The Phillies strung three consecutive hits off Blake Treinen, with Nick Castellanos lifting a soft double that cut the Dodgers’ lead to one and brought Vesia into the game.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
The fishers use fyke nets strung between mangrove trees to catch wild shrimp and fish that swim through the channels of the forest during high tide.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
Goodwood implements a rule where competitors must run their cars on fuel that is at least 70 percent sustainable content, helping to ensure the event’s carbon footprint is reduced, while accommodating the specific needs of historic, and sometimes highly-strung, race cars.
—Alistair Charlton, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2025
It was made of gold and strung with beads made of lapis lazuli, a blue stone prized in antiquity.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
The youngster picked it up fast, and one of our grandest afternoons was the day Ronnie located a line of five scrapes strung through a large tract of second-growth.
—Jim Moore, Outdoor Life, 8 Oct. 2025
The Phillies strung three consecutive hits off Blake Treinen, with Nick Castellanos lifting a soft double that cut the Dodgers’ lead to one and brought Vesia into the game.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
The fishers use fyke nets strung between mangrove trees to catch wild shrimp and fish that swim through the channels of the forest during high tide.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
Goodwood implements a rule where competitors must run their cars on fuel that is at least 70 percent sustainable content, helping to ensure the event’s carbon footprint is reduced, while accommodating the specific needs of historic, and sometimes highly-strung, race cars.
—Alistair Charlton, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for strung
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With that in mind, the Cowboys have been connected to a few different potential targets.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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The ghost stories seemed to suit a river that’s connected to America’s soul.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
18 Oct. 2025
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Endovascular coiling is a procedure in which a catheter is threaded through an artery from the groin into the brain to reach an aneurysm.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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All that was needed, when 2Africa arrived on the beach, was for it to be threaded through into the cube, hooked up to the cables, and tested—simple enough to say, but in reality a process that would take weeks.—
Samanth Subramanian,
The Dial,
14 Oct. 2025
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That research has also linked ultraprocessed foods to health concerns like obesity, Type 2 diabetes, cognitive decline and cardiovascular disease.—
Alice Callahan,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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And the exposure to bright artificial flashes of light, even for milliseconds, can not only disrupt human circadian rhythms, leading to less and lower-quality sleep, but has also been linked to certain types of cancers in humans.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Strung.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strung. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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