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Recent Examples of bead
Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2025
The dress featured diagonal white beaded stripes that create a dynamic pattern across the entire garment.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 27 June 2025
David Oliver, USA Today, 24 July 2025
The bead is tight with a refined texture and a crisp, lingering finish.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
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Noun
After getting wet, the water that got on the bag beaded up and rolled right off of the plastic-y fabric.
—Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2025
The dress featured diagonal white beaded stripes that create a dynamic pattern across the entire garment.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 27 June 2025
Verb
The humidity seeped into my pores, and beads of sweat pooled all across my body.
—David Oliver, USA Today, 24 July 2025
The bead is tight with a refined texture and a crisp, lingering finish.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bead
Noun
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Each glob of goo will connect to any glob it is placed next to, which allows for all kinds of creations – especially as variables are introduced that toy with the game’s physics.—
Joshua Rivera,
Vulture,
6 May 2025
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Then Domokos and the chief engineer of the model spotted a glob of stray glue clinging to one of its vertices.—
Elise Cutts,
Quanta Magazine,
25 June 2025
Verb
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Water simply pearled on the surface without penetrating the membrane, and even the shoes’ exterior dried pretty quickly once the clouds parted and the sun came out.—
Asia London Palomba,
Travel + Leisure,
3 July 2025
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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
Noun
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Scientists long thought that our droplets of sweat coalesced on the surface of our skin, and the authors of the analysis found something similar, albeit in pools.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
25 July 2025
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Double rainbows occur when light is reflected twice inside a droplet, resulting in a secondary arc above the primary one, with the color order reversed.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 July 2025
Verb
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The cold air is the same, and the snow pellets my cap, sifts under my collar.—
Jonny Diamond,
Literary Hub,
27 May 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
Noun
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Reubens says self-watering containers, drip irrigation systems with timers, or even DIY methods like upside-down water bottles or water globes can keep plants hydrated for several days.—
Andrea Beck,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 July 2025
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Tears turned her mascara into long black drips down her cheeks.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
29 July 2025
Verb
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That effort, which lumped 101 Ash St. in with six city blocks pegged for a broader downtown makeover, attracted no bidders.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 July 2025
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Tesla does not break out sales by model, but lumps them together in groups.—
Ali McCadden,
CNBC,
22 July 2025
Noun
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The sharpest drop comes from YouGov/CBS News polling conducted between July 16 and 18, which shows Trump's approval at just 42 percent, with 58 percent disapproving—a net rating of minus 16.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 July 2025
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The local decline in veteran homelessness is part of a record-breaking drop across the U.S. since 2010, when the federal government began a focused effort to end homelessness among veterans.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
24 July 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 6 Aug. 2025.
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