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beam

[beem] / bim /


VERB
broadcast on air waves
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VERB
smile broadly
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VERB
shine, as a light
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VERB
make electronic transfer
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Example Sentences

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Chiles is also one perfect 10 on beam away from a senior-season grand slam.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

To do this, they generated a beam of arsenic-73 specifically for the experiment and directed it into a chamber filled with hydrogen gas.

From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026

During later tests, the areas previously exposed to the electron beam behaved differently and displayed distinct colors.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

A doctor switches the focus of the laser in his hand to the right side of Scott’s head, telling me that the beam guides the stem cells to where they’re “needed most.”

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

The beach was on an island where an evil mad scientist was developing a laser beam that could blast satellites out of the sky.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein




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