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Recent Examples of bead
Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, Leung’s nails brought the maximalism, with beads and plastic charms glued on top.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 10 Feb. 2026
Literary Hub, 11 Dec. 2025
Look inside and your breath will be instantly taken away with the James Allen Bezel Bead Chain Drop Earrings, featuring a drop silhouette, the capsule’s signature beaded chain details, and two oval diamonds in bezel settings.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 20 Nov. 2025
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Noun
Weighted blankets come with extra heft in the form of glass beads, pellets, cotton or another filling.
—Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, Leung’s nails brought the maximalism, with beads and plastic charms glued on top.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 10 Feb. 2026
Verb
This voice and this language, and even these letters, so well ordered, arranged neatly one after the other, ants beaded across the floor, have been lent to Iñe-e, this being the only means available.
—Literary Hub, 11 Dec. 2025
Look inside and your breath will be instantly taken away with the James Allen Bezel Bead Chain Drop Earrings, featuring a drop silhouette, the capsule’s signature beaded chain details, and two oval diamonds in bezel settings.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 20 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bead
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Inspired by both pre-Columbian cultures and modern scientific theories, Jensen made energetic diagrams of shapes, symbols, and numbers in loud complementary colors, using thick globs of paint; the results generate a fascinating friction.—
Brian Seibert,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
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With just a pea-size glob of scat, biologists can genetically decode which individual whale produced the sample.—
Kelso Harper,
Scientific American,
16 Dec. 2025
Verb
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From stone faces to pearl charm tips, Macmillan’s imagination ran beyond the bounds of natural beauty, marrying organic animation with sculpture techniques.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
31 Oct. 2025
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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
Noun
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It can also be spread through direct contact with infectious droplets.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
8 Feb. 2026
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While scientists have long observed this liquid-to-solid transformation, the exact molecular link that converts these fluid droplets into a high-performance final structure has remained a mystery until now.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Feb. 2026
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
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The drip, drip, drip of layoffs at increasingly profitable companies like ASML and Amazon can ruin morale among remaining workers and contribute to a growing sense that—because of AI or not—no one’s job is safe.—
Claire Zillman,
Fortune,
10 Feb. 2026
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This bed is planted with herbs and watered with a drip irrigation system.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Feb. 2026
Verb
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So would the ethnically distinct Irish Travellers and Romani people, with whom the Irish might be lumped.—
Jasmine Vojdani,
Vulture,
10 Feb. 2026
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By now, the Syrian opposition, once led by nonviolent protesters, was dominated by Islamists, who were divided and feckless and could be easily lumped together with the telegenic savageries of the Islamic State, known as ISIS.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2026
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But gold prices have been extraordinary volatile, smashing through record highs before posting their biggest single-day drop on record last month.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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Sharp drops hit Wall Street on Thursday as technology stocks fell and bitcoin plunged again to roughly half its record price set last fall.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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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But with those four, Grande was able to establish her credibility in the fragrance sphere early in her music career.—
Emily Jensen,
Harper's BAZAAR,
16 Nov. 2022
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“Bead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bead. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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