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Recent Examples of thready
Simard’s transformative contribution to arboreal science has been to explain the function of mycorrhizal networks—a webbing of thready fungi, reticulated through and expanding beyond tree roots, fastening trees to one another in the soil.
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Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic, 17 June 2021
Similar to Sporothrix, Coccidioides has two forms, starting with a thready, fragile one that exists in soil and breaks apart when soil is disturbed.
—Maryn McKenna, Scientific American, 19 May 2021
Many patients, despite a thready pulse and low blood pressure, did not appear to be in clinical shock.
—Jennet Conant, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Aug. 2020
Those on the brink of death — pale complexion, thready pulse — got red.
—Matt Hamilton, latimes.com, 4 Oct. 2017
Mushrooms grow from a thready substance called mycelia that sits just underground, spreading across a region to encourage growth of the fungi fruit.
—Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian, 29 Mar. 2017
His pulse was thready and fast, his belly distended, his bowel ominously silent.
—Claire Panosian Dunavan, Discover Magazine, 8 Feb. 2011
Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic, 17 June 2021
Similar to Sporothrix, Coccidioides has two forms, starting with a thready, fragile one that exists in soil and breaks apart when soil is disturbed.
—Maryn McKenna, Scientific American, 19 May 2021
Many patients, despite a thready pulse and low blood pressure, did not appear to be in clinical shock.
—Jennet Conant, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Aug. 2020
Those on the brink of death — pale complexion, thready pulse — got red.
—Matt Hamilton, latimes.com, 4 Oct. 2017
Mushrooms grow from a thready substance called mycelia that sits just underground, spreading across a region to encourage growth of the fungi fruit.
—Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian, 29 Mar. 2017
His pulse was thready and fast, his belly distended, his bowel ominously silent.
—Claire Panosian Dunavan, Discover Magazine, 8 Feb. 2011
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thready
Adjective
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Riots of color, a horse or a human figure here or there, stringy webs of fabric.—
Hua Hsu,
New Yorker,
13 Dec. 2025
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Spaghetti Squash Cooked spaghetti squash has a stringy texture that resembles thin spaghetti noodles.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
21 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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True yams, on the other hand, are starchy, fibrous, and pale, and won't deliver the right texture or flavor.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
22 Dec. 2025
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With precise calibration, fibrous tissue—such as blood vessels—can be spared from damage even in the target zone.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
22 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Think of the band’s poles with earthy Americana at one extreme and freaky, knotty jams at the other.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
11 Jan. 2026
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Based on John le Carré's 1993 novel, the six-part season unspooled the knotty tale of Jonathan Pine (Hiddleston), a former soldier and hotel night manager tasked with taking down a powerful arms dealer named Richard Roper (Laurie).—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Closing out the first decade of sound film, Son of Frankenstein has far more ropey dialogue than entrancing atmosphere or a memorable arc for the Monster.—
Rory Doherty,
Vulture,
20 Oct. 2025
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With a rocker’s bleached-out shag, ropy arms vined with tattoos and jangly silver bracelets, and skintight jeans slashed by rips and rivets, Mr. Webb was a proudly resolute bearer of the punk-glam torch, even as the decades moved inexorably along.—
Penelope Green,
New York Times,
16 Apr. 2020
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“Thready.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thready. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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