helix
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We transformed the Supreme Court’s “Nothing to see here” into an avowal of the freedom to marry under the Constitution’s double helix of liberty and equality for all.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
Still, Harper and Yasmin’s existences are inextricably linked, gnarled together in a helix of favors and bargains.
From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2026
You can look at friendship as a journey that is like a double helix: Sometimes you and a friend will be in sync financially or emotionally, and other times you’ll be out of alignment.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 28, 2026
When she loses her cycle, she is forced to run up the helix of a parking garage at normal human speed, giving a pathetic comedic element to someone who ought to be terrifying.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
Given this conclusion, Maurice suspected that three polynucleotide chains were used to construct the helix.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
This is because the layers of helices stuck together are too big to be the building blocks of nanofibers.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2024
Collins: You’re talking about genetic determinism, which implies that we are helpless marionettes being controlled by strings made of double helices.
From Scientific American ● May 20, 2020
“But I think the most surprising observation was that the proteins were embedded among the RNA helices, penetrating into the interior of the ribosome like tentacles.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2018
For one thing, it draws a brilliant, eclectic crowd: I met a linguist turned classical musician, a minimalist sculptor fascinated by helices and a Jungian writer at work on a dystopian novel.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 19, 2018
After Pauling’s success, no one could claim that faith in helices implied anything but an uncomplicated brain.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
The best designs were made of three helixes connected like sausage links by short strings of amino acids.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 22, 2021
For now, these protein helixes can’t convey genetic information that cells can read.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 21, 2016
These tiny helixes can be propelled using a rotating magnetic current and controlled using a joystick.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2016
Crick, who saw a photo only of Dr. Franklin’s B form, immediately recognized that DNA consisted of two parallel helixes, or twisted chains, running in opposite directions.
From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2010
And there’s this pair of random dudes in front of the double helixes who look a little familiar.
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
Vocabulary lists containing helix
"Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone, Chapters 28–37
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