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Recent Examples of bead
Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 10 Mar. 2025
Stuff with lactic acid, not just beads, but chemical exfoliators.
—Dontaira Terrell, refinery29.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
Jenner, 27, who skipped the Oscars carpet but rocked an abs-baring Miu Miu beaded gown for the ceremony, slipped into an even more daring Ashi Studio look that had va-va-voom written all over it.
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
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Noun
In a Raleigh bedroom design, Ross styled the nightstand with vintage books, a match striker, a ceramic urn, and oversized beads.
—Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 10 Mar. 2025
Stuff with lactic acid, not just beads, but chemical exfoliators.
—Dontaira Terrell, refinery29.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Verb
The doughnut chain is offering customers who wear Mardi Gras beads to a Krispy Kreme shop on Tuesday, March 4 a free original glazed doughnut, limit one per guest.
—Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
Jenner, 27, who skipped the Oscars carpet but rocked an abs-baring Miu Miu beaded gown for the ceremony, slipped into an even more daring Ashi Studio look that had va-va-voom written all over it.
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bead
Noun
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Besides plants and flowers, a dinosaur tail, a crab, a hell ant, a spider mom and her young, and a firefly have been found entombed in globs of tree resin.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2025
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Beelzebub, however, is nothing but evil incarnate, first appearing as a sort of metaphysical pollution—a writhing black oil-like glob suspended in midair.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
11 Mar. 2025
Verb
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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
Noun
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There might be something undeniably satisfying about working up a sweat, watching the droplets roll down your skin and leaving you with a red-faced glow.—
Julianna Bragg,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2025
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If that freezing layer is thick, the droplets have time to freeze before impact and are called sleet.—
Deb Amlen,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2025
Verb
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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
Noun
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Flat burrs for drip and pour-over: Wilfa Uniform for $349: This Wilfa has long been on our list as a great flat-burr grinder for pour-overs and drip.—
Matthew Korfhage,
Wired News,
1 Apr. 2025
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Mornings are best spent sipping to-go drip coffee on the deck at sunrise or watching the mist roll off the water.—
Jenn Rice,
AFAR Media,
26 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Since February 7, Trump effectively lumped Japan together with China as Asian economies manipulating exchange rates.—
William Pesek,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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On some labels, other flavorful ingredients like extracts, spices, and herbs are lumped in under the natural flavor designation.—
Ali Bouzari,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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At the time, the company asked visual artist Felipe Pantone to reinterpret its signature Archibald armchair in a limited-edition drop of 110 pieces.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
7 Apr. 2025
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The stock market has opened to another drop on Monday, following last week's historic selloffs, with the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq Composite all down around 4 percent in early trades.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Apr. 2025
Verb
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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 14 Apr. 2025.
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