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strand

[strand] / strænd /
NOUN
fine thread
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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Above all, Swanberg is interested in one strand of this knotty dilemma: how an ex turns from trash to treasure the minute someone else claims them from the dumpster.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

Direct measurements of DNA strand breaks supported those findings.

From Science Daily Jul. 24, 2026

The machines use focused beams of ultraviolet light to etch on wafers of silicon billions of transistors roughly the width of a strand of DNA.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

The information from 2018 gave detectives a second strand of evidence, and grounds to monitor every keystroke that Greer made on police computers.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

She tucked a strand of her shoulder- length reddish hair behind her ear.

From "Pony Problems: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #3" by Carolyn Keene




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