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cord

[kawrd] / kɔrd /


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Liberal Democrat Anna Sabine lost her voice for several months following a thyroid operation in June, which cut one of the nerves to her vocal cords, leaving her with a condition called vocal cord paralysis.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Patients must meet certain criteria for a diagnosis: a combination of clinical symptoms and lesions characteristic of MS that show up on an MRI scan of the brain and spinal cord.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

It bent over, clamped the cord with its pincers and tucked the cord along a shelf to clear a path.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

The researchers now want to investigate where the spinal cord comes from developmentally and determine more precisely how SMA and ALS disrupt hindbrain neurons.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

LeVisqueux attached a pulley to a pinion he’d staked into the cave floor, then looped a cord through the pulley’s wheels.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

Liberal Democrat Anna Sabine lost her voice for several months following a thyroid operation in June, which cut one of the nerves to her vocal cords, leaving her with a condition called vocal cord paralysis.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Room Rater built an audience scoring Zoom backgrounds for lighting, depth, art and visible cords; books themselves became set dressing.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

Chew toys also help steer cats away from cords.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

To investigate how neutrophils influence healing, the researchers studied larval zebrafish, which are able to regenerate damaged spinal cords.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026

Frankie said, grabbing a couple of extension cords off the ground.

From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau

She still packs corded earphones for in-flight entertainment systems along with Apple AirPods Pro 3, which she loves for their size and noise-canceling capabilities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025

She was directed down another hall, another locked door, before she finally arrived at a stall with a corded phone.

From Slate ● May 2, 2025

The analysis of corded ware vessels also challenges previous considerations.

From Science Daily ● May 21, 2024

The work had been transformed, from an intimate album I’d listened to on an iPod with corded earbuds that didn’t stay put into a lavish stage production with sets, actors, choreography.

From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2024

He was corded muscle, scars, but only two tattoos—the Dregs’ crow and cup on his forearm and, above it, a black R on his bicep.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

I rescued an abandoned set of chairs missing their woven seats, watched a YouTube video on cording and turned them into living-room fixtures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

Invest in a leather sofa or chair if you love the look and feel, or use it for welt or cording if you want just a touch.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 20, 2022

Bubble wrap might crush your standard ribbon bows, so the Container Store suggests using more wire-edged ribbon or tulle, which can be fluffed out, or cording.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2020

Jewel-toned blue, green and purple nylon was cut into pretty sleeveless dresses slit and ruched with cording detail to softly accent the body.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2016

He was cording up his various possessions—a medley lot—in different parcels and bundles when Bessie Costrell knocked at the door.

From Bessie Costrell by Mrs. Humphry Ward


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