as in connecting
to put together into a series by means of or as if by means of a thread
the prosecuting attorney strung the evidence together so that the accused man really did look guilty
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Recent Examples of stringing
Belarus state news agency Belta posted footage of Polish personnel stringing concertina wire and putting up barriers overnight.
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Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Mackesy’s son Coulter, who plays for the Premier Lacrosse League’s Boston Cannons, has a lacrosse stringing business.
—Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 4 Sep. 2025
In addition, players will receive free racquet stringing of up to five racquets per round.
—Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Trump has repeatedly demurred on whether Putin is stringing him along, and an in-person meeting could buy the Russian leader more time without producing concrete results toward a ceasefire in Ukraine.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 8 Aug. 2025
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Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Mackesy’s son Coulter, who plays for the Premier Lacrosse League’s Boston Cannons, has a lacrosse stringing business.
—Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 4 Sep. 2025
In addition, players will receive free racquet stringing of up to five racquets per round.
—Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Trump has repeatedly demurred on whether Putin is stringing him along, and an in-person meeting could buy the Russian leader more time without producing concrete results toward a ceasefire in Ukraine.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 8 Aug. 2025
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After congregants walked around reflecting and connecting with the Cathedral, Roberson resumed services with familiar rituals —communion, peace offerings and prayers.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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The museum’s plans for Excelsior Club included restoring the existing two-story structure and adding a connecting history center focused on local and regional Black history.—
Catherine Muccigrosso,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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This season, Akers is threading the pop of color through multiple items — tights, gloves, boots — to cut through an otherwise neutral look.—
Laura Lajiness Kaupke,
Refinery29,
10 Sep. 2025
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Now a study published in Cell shows a complete, three-dimensional map of every single nerve fiber threading through a mouse.—
Nora Bradford,
Scientific American,
27 Aug. 2025
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Here, Eady speaks with Deadline about the fun of weaving a fantastical and spiritual tale about the real threats of land loss and economic hardships in the Black community.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
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Guzman fell in love with the way Williams captures the beauty of everyday life, weaving humor, heartache and joy into a story that feels both deeply personal and universally resonant.—
American Booksellers Association,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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In the Calvin cycle of photosynthesis, that reaction involves linking the carbon dioxide as part of a reaction that breaks apart a modified five-carbon sugar, creating two three-carbon molecules.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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Under Glasner, Palace have built attacks quickly to slice through the opponents, with Mateta either linking the moves or dashing forward to be in a goalscoring position.—
Ahmed Walid,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Stringing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stringing. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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