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  • plural of bead.
  • present tense form of bead (3rd person singular).

beads

NOUN
string of small, often round, objects
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Doyle Lane ceramic beads hang on a wooden clock above a collection of $2 bills.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

It’s covered in more than 20,000 beads and weighs almost 1 ton — or about 2,000 pounds.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

In some sense she played a character called “Ma Rainey,” one who stunned with eye-catching beads and her dress and demeanor.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

"By contrast, our protein beads remain stable for a long time."

From Science Daily Jun. 11, 2026

She continued threading beads and stitching in silence but just when my mouth was full of salty-sweet goodness, decided to be chatty.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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