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as in flow
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as in beam
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as in to flow
to move in a stream
blood streaming out of a wound
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as in to drift
to move or proceed smoothly and readily
cars streaming along the freeway
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Recent Examples of stream
Holly Yan, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2025
Moroccan Cannon had a surprise guest stop by for a recent Twitch stream — his superstar mother, Mariah Carey.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Gina Ragusa, EW.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Sony launched the PlayStation Portal in 2023, a handheld device that can stream games from a PlayStation 5, so that gamers don’t have to hog the living room TV when playing.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The weather bulletin, which was issued at 12:29 a.m., warned of flash flooding in small creeks, streams, urban areas, highways, streets, underpasses, low-lying areas and places with poor drainage.
—Holly Yan, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2025
Moroccan Cannon had a surprise guest stop by for a recent Twitch stream — his superstar mother, Mariah Carey.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Verb
Episodes will be available to stream the next day on Peacock.
—Gina Ragusa, EW.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Sony launched the PlayStation Portal in 2023, a handheld device that can stream games from a PlayStation 5, so that gamers don’t have to hog the living room TV when playing.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stream
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Flash flooding and river flooding has been a major problem across Arkansas with many areas already saturated.—
Amir Mahmoud,
Arkansas Online,
5 Apr. 2025
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In Ohio, the weather service issued flood warnings for areas along the banks of some of Cincinnati's prominent rivers.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
5 Apr. 2025
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This, in turn, reduces clumping during brewing, yielding less waste and the strong, consistent flow needed to produce a tasty cup of espresso.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 Apr. 2025
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Spanish canals operated in a temperate climate and were managed by individual farmers who could maintain or increase their water flow.—
Ari Caramanica,
The Conversation,
8 Apr. 2025
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The bedrooms are awash in calming sand tones with dark wood ceiling beams above and the general ambience takes cues from nature.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
7 Apr. 2025
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Omega cleaned concrete and wood out of the arena Saturday so workers can cut steel support beams and let the roof crash down early this week.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
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The teen poured some Al Green grit on the gospel great’s 2007 ballad, again inspiring Richie to hop up and testify to some powerful vocals.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
7 Apr. 2025
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Just crack an egg into the chick, and the white pours smoothly out of its beak, leaving the yolk intact and safely inside.—
Miles Walls,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Apr. 2025
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The body meld transforms into a mind meld near the end, when each woman shoots streams of shiny water from their eyes, with the separate rivulets crashing into each other to form a floating, fiery disco ball heart.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
10 Mar. 2025
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But, as Barak argues, people experience heat not as remotely sensed data points but in rivulets of sweat.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Jan. 2025
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Flash flooding currents are strong and can sweep drivers off roadways.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Apr. 2025
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Such an approach is an important current within literary criticism, and a tonic against our book culture’s reflexive humanism, which can become its own kind of kitsch.—
Charles Finch,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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Her daughter Cécile carries on—an energetic, charming and focused ray of determination.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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The first rays of sun can be seen, and birds are chirping.—
Farnaz Fassihi,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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That episode led to the diversion of the Turia watercourse, which meant that a large part of the city was spared of these floods.—
Teresa Medrano,
The Christian Science Monitor,
1 Nov. 2024
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The flash floods battered regions like Barrio de la Torre in Valencia, where narrow streets became lethal watercourses.—
Nina Turner,
Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2024
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“Stream.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stream. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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