veins

plural of vein

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Recent Examples of veins Moving your body, eating a nutritious diet and maintaining a healthy weight can improve blood flow and ease pressure on leg veins. — Erica Sloan, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2026 When the third act slows down to dramatize the hours of Altman’s ouster from OpenAI, Guadagnino has almost no way of generating the sort of ice-blooded intrigue that runs in Fincher’s veins. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 6 Oct. 2026 Jake having this dark magic, with the veins, brings this whole new level of danger to the whole show. — Mya Copeland, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026 These executions generally feature drugs of questionable quality, nonmedical personnel administering the drugs and patients with notoriously weak veins, Lain said. — Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026 Individuals with long-term use of sedating drugs or prior drug use history may also require higher doses of medications used in lethal injection to achieve intended outcomes, or have difficulty accessing veins. — Allen Chang, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2026 Begonias can be propagated via leaf cuttings by making cuttings in the leaf veins and placing leaves on a soilless mix. — Derek Carwood, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2026 When the collards are fully grown but still rooted in the ground, with the sunlight shining above, the crop’s veins appear plum-colored, with large indigo-green leaves. — Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026 Mineral veins containing calcium sulfate and fluorite formed in the eastern Margin Unit, suggesting that hot water once circulated through the volcanic rocks. — Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for veins
Noun
  • Swift drops clues in all manners and the Swifties almost always unearth the meaning behind them.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2026
  • On the one hand, Julian Fellowes’ juicy melodrama enlists one of the finest ensembles imaginable to bring outsized intensity to a drama of manners.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • That paper, called EquiOx, was intended to help researchers understand why pulse oximeters overestimated blood oxygen levels in patients with darker skin tones.
    — Anil Oza, STAT, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Rustling and droning tape effects from Frye, subtle enough to be nearly subliminal but still somehow palpably present, act as a binding agent on every track, blurring tones and connecting rhythms.
    — Reed Jackson, SPIN, 6 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • There are five riding modes, shaping up as three preset modes and two that can be customized to your preferences.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Self-consumption and TOU modes add even more flexibility for solar users.
    — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • To outlast the best and bring Street Fighter to the big screen, stunt coordinator John Valera paid close attention to the combat styles in the video game.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The styles of the regency era pulled heavily from the classics, referencing the soft, romantic texture of Greek goddesses.
    — Elle Turner, Glamour, 11 Oct. 2026

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“Veins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/veins. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

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