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Recent Examples of bead
Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Nov. 2024
The district now uses ion exchange technology to remove PFAS from water, an approach that uses tiny beads to filter out the chemicals.
—Ignacio Calderon, USA TODAY, 8 Nov. 2024
Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 3 Nov. 2024
Every detail was perfectly recreated — from the performance look's metallic bustier, beaded yoke and chain skirt, to the black bob, silver headpiece, studded black gloves, black leggings and thigh-high leather boots Hudson wore to accessorize.
—Dave Quinn, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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Noun
The hard water gets trapped by resin beads in the softener, where the calcium, magnesium, and other minerals found in hard water are exchanged for the sodium or potassium.
—Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Nov. 2024
The district now uses ion exchange technology to remove PFAS from water, an approach that uses tiny beads to filter out the chemicals.
—Ignacio Calderon, USA TODAY, 8 Nov. 2024
Verb
That rim must have an internal width of at least 19 mm in order to accommodate both the sensor and the tire beads on either side of it.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 3 Nov. 2024
Every detail was perfectly recreated — from the performance look's metallic bustier, beaded yoke and chain skirt, to the black bob, silver headpiece, studded black gloves, black leggings and thigh-high leather boots Hudson wore to accessorize.
—Dave Quinn, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bead
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Great bright globs of gore, falling splat-splat on the linoleum.Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
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The catenary lights provide a festive evening glob reminiscent of vineyard properties.Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 20 Nov. 2024
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Condensation began to pearl at the edges of his rental face mask, an older model that pressed uncomfortably against his temples.Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 9 Feb. 2024
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Since bead materials can run the gamut—from glass to pearl to wood and beyond—Korn notes that some bead styles are inherently more casual than others.Aemilia Madden, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 July 2023
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Braun's nearly complete gubernatorial cabinet is just one droplet in a firehose of news this week.Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Dec. 2024
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Gore-Tex and others creating membranes design the layer so the microscopic holes are large enough to allow vapor to release from the inside, but small enough that water droplets can’t penetrate.Tim Newcomb, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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The technique has produced delicious, consistent results from campsites in Big Sur, California, and Baja, Mexico—and in everything from frying oil to pellet grills to standard home ovens.Wes Siler, Outside Online, 25 Nov. 2024
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Extremely high temperatures inside the reactor in those first few days are believed to have melted parts of the zirconium alloy fuel rods and some of the uranium pellets themselves.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 16 Mar. 2011
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Opening your rain barrel spigot just enough to release a gentle drip of water can keep rain barrels from freezing on a cold night.Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Dec. 2024
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The sensors are compact with drip detection on top and metal feet for leak detection beneath.Boutayna Chokrane, WIRED, 3 Dec. 2024
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Unlike previous studies, this research compared dark and milk chocolate instead of lumping both types of chocolate together.Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 5 Dec. 2024
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So Medieval Blue Bendy often get lumped into an ever-swelling pool with Windmill-adjacent acts like Dry Cleaning, Black Midi, or Squid.Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2024
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The Pinecone Drop is one of Arizona's many variations on the traditional ball drop to ring in the new year; Prescott drops a boot and Yuma used to drop a head of lettuce.Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 13 Dec. 2024
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Equipped with a countdown, special toast and balloon drop, this is your last chance to see Crockett ahead of his 2025 hype.Mars Salazar, Austin American-Statesman, 12 Dec. 2024
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The night culminated with a countdown as a glowing geodesic sphere 12 feet in diameter and weighing almost six tons descended from its lofty perch atop One Times Square.CBS News, CBS News, 1 Jan. 2023
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And young people are innovating outside that sphere as well, including Southern-gothic singer-songwriter Ethel Cain and art-rockers Geese.Vulture, Vulture, 6 June 2022
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“Bead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bead. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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