Thesaurus results for STRINGS

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noun

plural of string

as in wires

a length of braided, flexible material that is used for tying or connecting things a piece of string won't hold that gate shut if a big wind comes along

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as in lines

a series of persons or things arranged one behind another a string of cars stretching as far as we could see

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as in sequences

a series of things linked together recounted the string of events that led to the murder

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strings

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verb

present tense third-person singular of string

as in threads

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 strings

Noun

Similar strings of airbag thefts also have been reported earlier this year in Hyde Park on the South Side and in Lakeview and Uptown on the North Side. —

Shardaa Gray, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026 For the film’s score, Hardcastle reached out to Nathan Williams, the main singer-songwriter of the indie rock band Wavves, along with his producer Aaron Rubin, and the two worked on composing a soundtrack filled with stirring strings and harsh metallic screeches. —

Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 1 Apr. 2026 Attention is turning to the new terror chief seen as an extremist pulling strings, Vahidi — a longtime Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander whose reemergence highlights a broader shift underway inside Iran’s leadership. —

Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2026 Peptides are short strings of amino acids, the same organic compounds that serve as the building blocks for proteins. —

Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026 The orchestral instruments contain several choir samples, a harp, a pipe organ, and the usual brass, percussion, strings, and woodwinds. —

Jamie Lendino, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026 The drumline loops and VST strings would be over-the-top if the performance weren’t so impassioned, the stakes not literally life-and-death. —

Hannah Jocelyn, Pitchfork, 30 Mar. 2026 String theory argues that the fundamental particles that make up matter are themselves made of vibrating strings of energy. —

Zachary Slepian, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026 To comply with budget reconciliation rules, Republicans are expected to attach strings to the federal funds states use to administer elections, incentivizing photo ID and other voting requirements. —

David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2026

Verb

Brown and her creative team have gotten caught up in adornment without capturing a deeper undertow that strings it all together. —

Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2026 The swoony strings coat the song with a lush, old-fashioned feel. —

Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026

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Noun

Without needing batteries or wires, the Moso Natural air-purifying bag attracts particles out of the air like a magnet, and continuously works to remove odors and harmful pollutants from your home, filled with just one powerful ingredient -- moso bamboo charcoal.

— Tory Johnson, ABC News, 28 Mar. 2026
My pop would solder wires to two foot-long metal rods, and then solder battery clips to the other ends.

— Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2026