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Recent Examples of bead
Cynthia Drake, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2025
Cowrie shells and uncut red-and-black bead tubes manufactured in the 17th century reflect the vast profits Britain piled up from the West African slave trade by trafficking enslaved people to plantations in the Caribbean.
—Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Apr. 2025
Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 8 Apr. 2025
The California shell bead money and bronze ingots demonstrate that a unified form of currency circulated outside a group.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2025
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Noun
All cakes come with an insert-your-own plastic baby and Mardi Gras beads.
—Cynthia Drake, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2025
Cowrie shells and uncut red-and-black bead tubes manufactured in the 17th century reflect the vast profits Britain piled up from the West African slave trade by trafficking enslaved people to plantations in the Caribbean.
—Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
On one hand, there were shift dresses and beaded details that felt flapper-esque.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 8 Apr. 2025
The California shell bead money and bronze ingots demonstrate that a unified form of currency circulated outside a group.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 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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With a programmable rain curtain that can create patterns and images using water droplets, as well as a pool on stage, water is a central theme and a key part of the family-friendly extravaganza featuring Cyr Wheel artists, an aerialist, a contortionist, a juggler and football (soccer) freestylers.—
Karu F. Daniels,
New York Daily News,
17 Apr. 2025
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What is a moonbow? A moonbow, or lunar rainbow, is a rare phenomenon that occurs when moonlight is refracted, reflected, and dispersed by water droplets in the air, just like a daytime rainbow.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
25 Mar. 2025
Verb
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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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Excess moisture drips into the V-shape and is then funneled into a container.—
Lauren Carpenter,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Because when so many Americans are tightening grocery budgets, scaling back meals, and absorbing the daily drip of scarcity, a pass that promises a burger a day doesn’t feel indulgent.—
Stephanie Gravalese,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
Verb
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As time went on, lumping the MCU TV and movies into the same pipeline continued to show more strain — and may have led to the departure of longtime MCU production executive Victoria Alonso.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
21 Apr. 2025
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If one rather pertinent piece of information is banned from credit reports, those for whom a complete credit report would enhance their capacity to borrow are potentially lumped in with those for whom a full credit report would expose a truth that the CFPB is trying to obscure.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
16 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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That's a drop of 11 from the previous Sunday-to-Friday reporting period.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
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 1 May. 2025.
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