bead

Example Sentences

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He managed to get back two coral bead crowns and a tunic but it was only in 2021 that any significant repatriation of artefacts by Western universities and museums began.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

While investors are trying to get a bead on the Fed, earnings season is rolling on.

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

Not just that, but Julia also had a bead on part-time remote work.

From Slate • Aug. 4, 2025

Also discovered in the archaeological excavation -- led by UW Department of Anthropology Professor Todd Surovell -- was a bead made from a hare bone, the oldest known bead in the Americas.

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2024

You watched as intently as when you made your bead necklaces.

From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman