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Recent Examples of stringy
They’re made of pairs and trios of quarks that are bound together by stringy trails of gluons.
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Quanta Magazine, 23 Mar. 2026
Use a bit of hair powder to keep your bangs from appearing stringy.
—Krista Carter, InStyle, 27 Jan. 2026
It's typically dried rather than eaten raw, with a brittle shell and stringy pulp that's traditionally cracked open and steeped to make a mildly sweet, herbal tea.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Riots of color, a horse or a human figure here or there, stringy webs of fabric.
—Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2025
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Quanta Magazine, 23 Mar. 2026
Use a bit of hair powder to keep your bangs from appearing stringy.
—Krista Carter, InStyle, 27 Jan. 2026
It's typically dried rather than eaten raw, with a brittle shell and stringy pulp that's traditionally cracked open and steeped to make a mildly sweet, herbal tea.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Riots of color, a horse or a human figure here or there, stringy webs of fabric.
—Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stringy
fibrous
Adjective
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Avocado peels are very fibrous and take a long time to break down in compost.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
10 May 2026
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While the leaves of full-size artichokes are fibrous with only a small fleshy base that's edible, the leaves of baby artichokes are completely tender and fully edible.—
Jessica Saari Christensen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 May 2026
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“Stringy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stringy. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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