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a thin, flexible structure that resembles a hair the cable was made up of fine filaments twisted together

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Recent Examples of filament Both models share the same extruder, heat bed, acceleration, and filament flow. PC Magazine, 15 Aug. 2025 As that magnet rotates, the filament likewise wiggles back and forth, making its way through the urinary tract by pushing off against its inner walls. New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2025 Some species also have long filaments that extend from their posterior ends. Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 31 July 2025 Highly nonlinear filaments, vortices and eddies start forming patterns and structured networks. IEEE Spectrum, 26 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for filament
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Noun
  • Meeting rising demand requires vast data centers, each dependent on electricity, cooling water, and fiber connectivity.
    Maurice Obeid, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The external obliques run diagonally from your lower ribs down toward your opposite hip, while the internal obliques sit underneath with fibers running diagonally upward from your pelvis toward your ribs.
    Dana Santas, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
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  • Each arrangement includes flowers made from a faux silk material, as well as a durable stem that’s constructed with both plastic and iron wire.
    Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2025
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    Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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  • Several people recommended Altra shoes for wide feet on a Reddit thread, and one said even the regular, non-wide sizes fit them much better than other brands’ wide sizes because of the unique shape.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The iCarly actress always struck people as ethnically ambiguous—with lots of Reddit threads, X, Facebook, and Instagram posts speculating about her background.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Filament.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filament. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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