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Throughout this image, filaments and wisps of different hues represent reflected starlight from still-forming protostars within the cloud.
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Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 2 Dec. 2024
While the filaments moving toward Earth are in the bluer, high-energy part of the visible light that human eyes can see, the filaments moving in the opposite direction appear more red.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 30 Oct. 2024
These results were possible thanks to an innovative technique involving Chandra data that allows hot filaments to be distinguished from other structures.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 29 Jan. 2025
Instead, the fungi’s mycelium–the underground network of filaments similar to plant roots that absorb nutrients–is the most bioluminescent.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 9 Jan. 2025
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Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 2 Dec. 2024
While the filaments moving toward Earth are in the bluer, high-energy part of the visible light that human eyes can see, the filaments moving in the opposite direction appear more red.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 30 Oct. 2024
These results were possible thanks to an innovative technique involving Chandra data that allows hot filaments to be distinguished from other structures.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 29 Jan. 2025
Instead, the fungi’s mycelium–the underground network of filaments similar to plant roots that absorb nutrients–is the most bioluminescent.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for filament
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The rule of thumb for eating more fiber is to go slow, make one change at a time and drink plenty of fluids.—
Hannah Yasharoff,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
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Specifically, long single-ply fibers are ideal over lots of shorter fibers woven together.—
Nena Farrell,
WIRED,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Turning Dania Beach Grill into Lucky Fish A fan-favorite hangout for 75 years, Dania Beach Grill was condemned in April 2019, racking up a trove of code violations at the time, which included damaged and corroded awnings, broken walls and plywood beams, rotten wood and exposed wires.—
Phillip Valys,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Mar. 2025
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Matheson House is an architectural gem with wire mesh walls, stone details, ponds and an indoor pool, and a collection of artifacts acquired in different countries.—
Sarah Moreno,
Miami Herald,
20 Mar. 2025
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And actually, to me, there’s quite a common thread between them.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
26 Mar. 2025
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Goldberg says he was included in the message thread with Trump brass in the encrypted messaging app Signal earlier this month.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Filament.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filament. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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