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strand

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


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The most dramatic changes occurred when the ruthenium dioxide film reached approximately 4 nanometers thick, which is about the width of a single DNA strand.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

Senior right-hander Dylan Kerbow struck out Andrew Lamb to strand the bases loaded.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

However, for this hearing, Emily had a new barrister - Jonathan Adler - who had done his own investigations into hair strand testing.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

Most Muslims, however, belong to the Sunni strand of Islam.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

At first, Watson tried to jam the two helices together, with the A on one strand matched with an A on the other—like bases paired with like.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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