strands
Example Sentences
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Villarreal picked him up, and there the two strands of his life - football and study - ran in parallel.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Between 1997 and 2001, the price of bandwidth on fiber between London and New York plunged 96% as more fiber strands were laid and new technology expanded the capacity of each fiber.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Under the ground and below the ocean’s surface lie millions of miles of glass strands thinner than a human hair.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
Their screening indicated a pattern associated with breaks in DNA strands.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
He watched the ropemakers walking backwards as they twisted the fibers into yarn, the yarn into strands, and the strands into rope.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
