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Noun
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Refrigerator coils are full of hot refrigerant that condenses into liquid, releasing heat into your kitchen.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
21 Apr. 2026 -
Attached to the back of each mirror are about 700 tiny magnets that are pushed and pulled by electromagnetic coils to enable the mirrors to change their shape thousands of times per second to remove the atmospheric jitter.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
17 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The remaining vessels traveled in loops to avoid entering the waterway.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
19 Apr. 2026
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And in 1922, Levi’s became the first brand to use belt loops on jeans.—
Jack Armstrong,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Laser light and microscopic lenses then carry out convolutions faster and with lower energy needs.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Sep. 2025
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The team turned their model loose on the series of treelike modifications and convolutions in the Indo-European family of languages.—
Jake Buehler,
Quanta Magazine,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The open folds and freeform shape make this dessert more approachable for some folks.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
19 Apr. 2026
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The Nomadix Festival Blanket is amply sized for a full Cape Town itinerary, but folds to the size of a coffee table book.—
Abbey Hudetz,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Apr. 2026
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There are a few reversals of fortune on the way to Dan putting his divorce-via-murder plan into action, however, as well as a half dozen plot twists and wild tonal shifts heading your way at 120mph.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
24 Apr. 2026
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But the tale soon takes on metafictional twists and turns as real-life Russian tanks and soldiers invade the country.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Windings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windings. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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