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beam

[beem] / bim /


VERB
broadcast on air waves
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


VERB
smile broadly
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
VERB
shine, as a light
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


VERB
make electronic transfer
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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Wednesday’s topping-out ceremony, when a construction crew lifted the final structural beam into place, doesn’t change that.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

Teenage athlete Dennis Castillo spent 28 excruciating hours trapped under the rubble in quake-hit Venezuela, with a beam crushing her left leg as she waited to be rescued.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

Stott wants to use the technology his firm is developing to store data in space to beam the distinctly Scottish sound of the Laidlaw Memorial Pipe Band onto the Moon.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

Adjusting these phases changes the angle at which the array releases light, making it possible to steer the beam without moving any physical components.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

Its beam highlights the dust motes dancing in the air.

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

The council said the building's 19th Century façade had been "fully stabilised" with supporting steel beams, while the eastern gable was reduced in height by almost two metres in order to make it secure.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

Now, Eatherly’s ilk gloats about verbally terrorizing American citizens going about their day-to-day lives on American streets and beams this content around the globe for money.

From Slate Aug. 20, 2026

They then used focused ion beams to cut hundreds of extremely small slits into the metal.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

Inside Billy’s private movie theater, the projector beams down on the back of Anderson’s head like that infamous Nicole Kidman AMC promo.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Their beams pierce the dark, illuminating the interior of our car in shifting strobes.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day

Mechanic remembered a party sometime pre-presidency for Witkoff’s wife, Lauren, where Trump was beamed in via video with a birthday greeting, but he couldn’t place when that was.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2026

"It's pretty, isn't it?" beamed the minister, Robert Kalinak, one of Prime Minister Robert Fico's closest allies, as he opened the building in the capital Bratislava to the public on Thursday.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

Bazoumana Toure beamed after completing his £43m move to Newcastle United from Hoffenheim.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2026

On his last day at camp, Elijah, dressed in a Star Wars T-shirt, beamed with confidence.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

Now he beamed out at the crowd, the terrors of history receding into the past.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

A beaming Vickye Giraldo holds her rescued kitten tight against her chest outside her ruined home in quake-hit Cali, Colombia.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

“I will probably be beaming from ear to ear as we set off,” Cousins said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

The company also will continue developing a wireless power transfer system that uses fiber lasers and a space based heat rejection system to improve the durability of power beaming technology.

From Science Daily Jul. 15, 2026

And 14th seed Paolini, who has struggled with a foot injury this year, celebrated with a beaming smile before saying her positivity was her "superpower".

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

His beaming grin was that of a happy child who wanted to be liked, or at least to be engaging.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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