bead
Example Sentences
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While investors are trying to get a bead on the Fed, earnings season is rolling on.
From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026
"I'm bursting with confidence now... not a single bead of sweat."
From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025
Not just that, but Julia also had a bead on part-time remote work.
From Slate • Aug. 4, 2025
Identification of the origins of both the bone bead and bone needles was made possible through the use of zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry, also known as ZooMS, and Micro-CT scanning.
From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2024
I slipped it quickly into my imitation jet bead evening bag and looked around.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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