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Recent Examples of bead
Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
Pull up the loose boards — a thin screwdriver or paint scraper can help pry them out — then apply a layer of wood glue or a thin bead of construction adhesive, set the boards back in place, and hold them down with something heavy until the adhesive sets.
—Clark Hodgin, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Jason Bittel, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Ideally the water will bead up into droplets on the grout, indicating that the grout is successfully sealed.
—Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Eighteen graves have been found at the site: simple pits, pits covered with stone and buried chambers built with stones, which were filled with copper items, cloth and beads.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
Pull up the loose boards — a thin screwdriver or paint scraper can help pry them out — then apply a layer of wood glue or a thin bead of construction adhesive, set the boards back in place, and hold them down with something heavy until the adhesive sets.
—Clark Hodgin, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Verb
The scales are hydrophobic enough to make water droplets bead up — but hydrophilic enough to keep them from rolling right off the reptiles.
—Jason Bittel, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Ideally the water will bead up into droplets on the grout, indicating that the grout is successfully sealed.
—Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bead
Noun
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Beelzebub, however, is nothing but evil incarnate, first appearing as a sort of metaphysical pollution—a writhing black oil-like glob suspended in midair.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
11 Mar. 2025
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But, just like peanut butter—which is considered healthy for infants—Levinson says that cold, firm chunks or thick globs of butter may pose a choking hazard.—
Sarah Scott,
Parents,
7 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Condensation began to pearl at the edges of his rental face mask, an older model that pressed uncomfortably against his temples.—
Elliot Ackerman,
WIRED,
9 Feb. 2024
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Since bead materials can run the gamut—from glass to pearl to wood and beyond—Korn notes that some bead styles are inherently more casual than others.—
Aemilia Madden,
Harper's BAZAAR,
24 July 2023
Noun
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There might be something undeniably satisfying about working up a sweat, watching the droplets roll down your skin and leaving you with a red-faced glow.—
Julianna Bragg,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2025
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Ensure that the water pours as a stream rather than breaking into droplets.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2025
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The technique has produced delicious, consistent results from campsites in Big Sur, California, and Baja, Mexico—and in everything from frying oil to pellet grills to standard home ovens.—
Wes Siler,
Outside Online,
25 Nov. 2024
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Extremely high temperatures inside the reactor in those first few days are believed to have melted parts of the zirconium alloy fuel rods and some of the uranium pellets themselves.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
16 Mar. 2011
Noun
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Since the regime change, there has been a steady drip of resignations and cancellations by prominent performers, including the opera singer Renée Fleming and the comedian Issa Rae.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
8 Apr. 2025
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The ideal method is to install a drip line, which targets the roots without touching the leaves, as wet foliage at night can cause mildew, black spot, or rust.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
8 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Jim also argued that investors can’t lump all retailers together in terms of how tariffs will impact them because their business models, supply chains and customer bases differ.—
Paulina Likos,
CNBC,
3 Apr. 2025
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The cultural and political impact for Americans U.S. allies like Europe are lumped together in the new tariffs with economic adversaries like China.—
Tobias Burns,
The Hill,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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That was the sharpest drop except for that seen at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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And who wants to tell Peacock that Organized Crime Season 5 is a weekly release, not a binge drop?—
Vlada Gelman,
TVLine,
18 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The night culminated with a countdown as a glowing geodesic sphere 12 feet in diameter and weighing almost six tons descended from its lofty perch atop One Times Square.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
1 Jan. 2023
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And young people are innovating outside that sphere as well, including Southern-gothic singer-songwriter Ethel Cain and art-rockers Geese.—
Vulture,
Vulture,
6 June 2022
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“Bead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bead. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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