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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
Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2025
As time went on that morning, a constant stream of texts filled our mom’s phone.
—Kimberly Wargo, Baltimore Sun, 13 Mar. 2025
Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 14 Mar. 2025
For the second year in a row, and thanks to an agreement with Amazon Music, the shows will be streamed for free on the digital platform in a nonstop broadcast lasting over 10 hours, the company announced on Thursday (March 13).
—Natalia Cano, Billboard, 14 Mar. 2025
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Noun
As luck would have it, the mother of three was trapped near a stream and had a sweatshirt handy.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2025
As time went on that morning, a constant stream of texts filled our mom’s phone.
—Kimberly Wargo, Baltimore Sun, 13 Mar. 2025
Verb
The new series begins streaming today and stars Henry and Wagner Moura (Narcos) as Ray and Manny, longtime friends in Philadelphia who pretend to be Drug Enforcement Administration officers in order to seize drugs and cash from small-time dealers.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 14 Mar. 2025
For the second year in a row, and thanks to an agreement with Amazon Music, the shows will be streamed for free on the digital platform in a nonstop broadcast lasting over 10 hours, the company announced on Thursday (March 13).
—Natalia Cano, Billboard, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stream
Noun
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Blue Hole Trail takes you to the eponymous spring, Trestle Point Trail follows the river, and Pine Ridge Trail is surrounded by longleaf pines approaching a huge sand hill.—
Casey Barber,
Southern Living,
12 Mar. 2025
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Known for the four rivers that converge there—the Snake, the Malheur, the Owyhee, and the Payette—the area offers kayaking, fishing, boating, and scenic beauty.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Mar. 2025
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Email Attack Flow Explained The Guards Research report detailed a total of five phases that comprise the attack flow of this latest campaign.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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Both Democrats and Republicans in Congress have found agreement on trying to halt the flow of fentanyl into the United States, where it is blamed for tens of thousands of overdose deaths every year.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
15 Mar. 2025
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In the east building, work has begun in the attic where hundreds of wooden beams support the structure as site workers begin repairing the plaster before roof work can begin.—
Taylor O’Connor,
Kansas City Star,
13 Mar. 2025
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Soaring cream ceilings are accented with black beams.—
Moira McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
9 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Instead, investors have poured money into traditional safe havens like government bonds and gold.—
David Goldman,
CNN,
14 Mar. 2025
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Bushmills Girls will be giving out Irish whiskey shots and Guinness Guys will be pouring the pints.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 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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Surreal images from the novel that could easily have looked silly on screen—a rivulet of blood winds its way across town, from the home where a character dies to his family’s abode, for example—retain their poetic profundity.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
2 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Flash flooding currents are strong and can sweep drivers off roadways.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacramento Bee,
15 Mar. 2025
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In January, four tourists drowned near Punta Cana, when a red flag warned of strong currents and rough seas, according to The Associated Press.—
Bryan Llenas,
Fox News,
14 Mar. 2025
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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
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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 22 Mar. 2025.
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