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as in to shine
to emit rays of light
a lighthouse has beamed from this site since the 1790s
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Recent Examples of beam
Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025
Original timber beams and columns and brick work evoke a piece of Denver’s past.
—Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2025
Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
That essentially shut out services like Starlink, a unit of Musk’s SpaceX company, which beams high-speed online access from its satellites in low-earth orbit to terminals on the ground.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Thirty narrow stairs lead to City Ballet’s bright, top floor rehearsal studio, with double ballet barres lining three walls, a floor-to-ceiling mirror, and an open ceiling with a treacherously low center beam that high jumping dancers have learned to avoid.
—Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025
Original timber beams and columns and brick work evoke a piece of Denver’s past.
—Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2025
Verb
It was once owned by The Crown following the dissolution of the monasteries in 1539 by King Henry VIII—later transforming into the five-star manor house hotel that stands today with ornate tapestries, Tudor beamed walls, cozy firelit lounges, medieval chandeliers, and original stone archways.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
That essentially shut out services like Starlink, a unit of Musk’s SpaceX company, which beams high-speed online access from its satellites in low-earth orbit to terminals on the ground.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beam
Noun
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For gaming, the new M4 iPad offers dynamic caching and real-time ray tracing, so graphics in graphically intensive games will look better, and run at a higher frame rate.—
Ben Sin,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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This color comes from the sunlight that passes through the atmosphere, which scatters blue rays away and allows red wavelengths to pass through it and into the shadow of the Earth.—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The full moon was seen shining its crimson light over the Mineirao stadium in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais state, Brazil.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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Open through Sunday, the three-floor immersive experience brings fans through the card-collecting world, creating both a way to shine a spotlight on stars such as Ichiro Suzuki and Hideki Matsui and educating how Topps has built its passionate baseball card-collecting community.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Back on land, Belinda spots Greg talking to the hotel’s grinning manager.—
Alex Abad-Santos,
Vox,
10 Mar. 2025
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The track cover shows a throwback photo of a relatively makeup-free Parton, grinning with her arms around Dean, who dons a white T-shirt and stoic pose.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
7 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The information about the institute which has avoided the memory hole just sits there, though this makes some of it glow brighter.—
Jackson Arn,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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Luckily, fake tanners is one of the best ways to get glowing quick, without any harm to your skin.—
Ariana Yaptangco,
Glamour,
10 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Along the way, people honked, smiled, and stopped to chat.—
Elizabeth Endicott,
The Atlantic,
17 Mar. 2025
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Apparently very relaxed and smiling , the couple appeared from the presidential box at Cardiff's Principality Stadium, as the prince is the patron of the Welsh Rugby Union, while the princess is the patron of the English Rugby Union.—
María Munsuri,
Glamour,
16 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer famously laughing it off as wildly expensive at $500.—
Bloomberg,
The Mercury News,
13 Mar. 2025
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My thought was interrupted when Bayes instructed us to laugh very hard.—
Priscilla Posada,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Beam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beam. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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