strung

Definition of strungnext
past tense of string
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 The mermaid headboard was also created by Friday, who strung the fish-string lights too. — Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 19 Sep. 2026 Cleveland finally strung some hits together in the fourth, scoring three times off starter Mason Barnett to tie it. — ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026 The bracelet’s spherical gemstones are swathed in various shades of pink, strung on a silk-blend cord, and completed by a heart clasp. — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026 The ula fala is a traditional Samoan necklace made from dried parts, called keys, of the tropical pandanus plant that are polished then strung into a necklace. — Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2026 Footage published on Citizen showed what appeared to be a body covered by a white cloth lying by the lake near some yellow caution tape strung between a railing and a palm tree. — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026 In fact, Jaissle, with his emotional touchline demeanour and obsessive tactical demands, comes across more as a highly-strung indie-rock songwriter/front man. — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026 Market lights strung overhead, with Prieto and his team running the electricity themselves. — Eric Ginsburg, Southern Living, 9 Aug. 2026 The threads are strung the wrong way to hold the boundary together, so the curls grow with nothing to limit them. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026
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  • Daniel later pleaded guilty to one conspiracy charge connected to his threats, and in June of this year he was sentenced in state court to three years in prison and five years of probation, just weeks before his 19th birthday.
    — Jeff Winter, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Members who had barely spoken to each other or had climbed on different days are now connected via WhatsApp to try to enlist longtime Manhattan Plaza residents in their cause.
    — Sarah Rose Siskind, Curbed, 28 Sep. 2026
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  • On the Cougars’ next possession, Grant threaded a pass through two Cavalier defenders, finding Kyion Rattler for an apparent 55-yard score.
    — Joel Beers, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
  • On fourth-and-1 at the New England 45-yard line early in the fourth quarter, Lock faked a handoff, booted left and threaded a short pass through the arms of defensive tackle Milton Williams to Smith-Njigba, who took over from there.
    — Andrew Destin, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Both linked the situation to an unusually poor autumn crop of pine nuts and berries.
    — Arina Porkhovnik, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2026
  • But the reverse doesn’t hold—different knots might be linked to the same polynomial.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026

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“Strung.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strung. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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