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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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Pulsars emit powerful beams of electromagnetic radiation from their magnetic poles at intervals measured in milliseconds.

From Science Daily

Ellie is beaming as she talks from her home in Essex about the phone call she had dreamed about for years.

From BBC

Veronica Viera, the company's payload operations lead, shows us an image that the satellite beamed back from space.

From BBC

A row over the disappearance of a famous river surfing wave in Munich escalated on Sunday as authorities removed a beam inserted over Christmas to recreate the attraction.

From Barron's

By the time the steel reaches the shoreline it has been shaped into recognizable parts—crane legs, beams and booms.

From The Wall Street Journal