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bed

[bed] / bɛd /


NOUN
patch of ground for planting
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Xinyue Lu, a doctoral student in Computational Biology who co-led the research, described the system as a computational test bed that can be used to explore how changes in genome folding might alter gene activity.

From Science Daily Sep. 13, 2026

What the family knows is in line with experiences of others who went through residential surveillance, including the small, windowless room lighted 24 hours a day with only a bed and a toilet.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

Zverev did not go to bed until gone 5am following his opening three victories at Flushing Meadows and stayed up to watch Shelton beat Alcaraz on his night off.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

It meant making your bed every morning and putting finished homework in your backpack every night.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

I only knew, as I lay in my bed at the top of the house, that certain moments from long ago stood out in focus against the blur of years.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Shellfish was another popular commodity in a city girdled by oyster beds.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

Now, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is down to 90,000 prisoners, and has 8,000 more beds available than it has people in custody.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2026

"If, for example, we had been able to recruit more nurses, then we would have been able to have more beds open," he explained.

From Barron's Sep. 9, 2026

The Delafield Hotel is a charming boutique property with massive rooms, comfortable beds and bathrooms outfitted with Kohler rain showers and soaking hydrotherapy tubs.

From Salon Sep. 8, 2026

Behind that door was room for all 535 members of Congress, with meeting chambers and rows of metal bunk beds.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

The dead are placed in a sealed vessel bedded with clover, hay and straw and equipped to regulate airflow, temperature and moisture.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 3, 2026

He said because Gray had arrived in Sir Keir's operation less than a year before the general election, it meant the team "wasn't sort of fully bedded in and tested" prior to entering government.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2025

I walked the wooded banks of the rivers that converge in the capital and found just a few dozen spots where men had bedded down on simple mats of cardboard or newspaper.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 7, 2024

As dusk approached, he bedded down at home in case the Israeli army advanced at nightfall.

From Seattle Times Nov. 4, 2023

Fifty sows with farrows were penned in each, bedded upon the earth, while the boars lay outside—fewer by far, as those well-fatted were for the suitors’ table, fine pork, sent by the swineherd every day.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

Hundreds of volunteers hurried through the packed parking lot next to Bogota's largest stadium, forming human chains to pass donated water bottles, food provisions, sanitary products and bedding to the sorting area.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

While shoppers continue to buy everyday necessities like pet food, animal feed and bedding, they are delaying riding lawn mowers, outdoor power equipment and other big-ticket discretionary purchases.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

On St Kilda, before the archipelago was abandoned in 1930, birds were killed for their meat and also oils for fuel and waterproofing, while the feathers were used for clothing and bedding.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

A review of sleepwear and bedding fibre types found that bedding and clothing can affect thermal comfort during sleep.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

Led by Patrolman McManus, rescuers had dug through the splintered Clougherty house, and there, amid a pile of broken furniture and bedding, they had found the body of Bridget Clougherty.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler




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