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as in to shine
to emit rays of light
a lighthouse has beamed from this site since the 1790s
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Recent Examples of beam
Roxana Popescu, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
That's why Ascent beams were sent to the U.S. Forest Services' forest products laboratory at the University of Wisconsin.
—Rob Marciano, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2025
Kate Bolduan, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2025
The Big3 started in 2017, and Cube is beaming with pride as his league prepares for its eighth season (the Big3 didn’t have a season in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic).
—Jason Jones, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The style of this residence showcases the building’s origins, with original Baltic pine floors, exposed industrial beams and many windows.
—Roxana Popescu, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
That's why Ascent beams were sent to the U.S. Forest Services' forest products laboratory at the University of Wisconsin.
—Rob Marciano, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
The road to relapse: Crystal Quigley, 39 Crystal Quigley was beaming with hope and pride when CNN met her in September 2023.
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Crystal Quigley’s substance use started with meth and heroin well over a decade ago.
—Kate Bolduan, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2025
The Big3 started in 2017, and Cube is beaming with pride as his league prepares for its eighth season (the Big3 didn’t have a season in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic).
—Jason Jones, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beam
Noun
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Her daughter Cécile carries on—an energetic, charming and focused ray of determination.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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The first rays of sun can be seen, and birds are chirping.—
Farnaz Fassihi,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Reality Check is a Star series holding those with power to account and shining a light on their decisions.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
19 Apr. 2025
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Matthew Lawrence received many pearls of wisdom from Robin Williams, and one shines bright even three decades later.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Edholm says, bundled up and grinning through the ice.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Apr. 2025
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Zion, who moments before was ducking into the water, bullets whistling by, now grinning ear to ear.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Over 12,000 glowing Amazon ratings back up the hype.—
Becca Blond,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Apr. 2025
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The episode follows Maria (Siena Kelly), a food researcher whose latest project receives a glowing review from a focus group subject named Verity (Rosy McEwen), one of Maria's ex-classmates who was relentlessly bullied in school.—
Joey Nolfi,
EW.com,
12 Apr. 2025
Verb
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But the psytrance was created for sharing, for smiling, for the kids, for the soul.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
10 Apr. 2025
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Harry, the Duke of Sussex, arrived smiling and waving for the two-day hearing in front of three senior appeal court judges, and listened intently as the case got underway in a packed courtroom, occasionally scribbling messages to his legal team.—
Michael Holden and Sam Tobin,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2025
Verb
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By singing, dancing, and laughing as our unapologetic trans selves.—
James Factora,
Them.,
18 Apr. 2025
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The grade school kids at A Minecraft Movie had a rollicking good time laughing, talking back to the screen, and doing karaoke repetitions of the dialogue as though appreciating something of their own — a familiar, private joke, a playground, a fun movie.—
Armond White,
National Review,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Beam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beam. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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