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bead

[beed] / bid /
NOUN
droplet, blob
Synonyms
STRONGEST
dot pellet stone
STRONG
bean bubble dab driblet drop globule grain particle pea pill shot speck spherule

Example Sentences

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Each bead slipped through her fingers as if she were marking the seconds, bargaining with time.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

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

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

Hernández lined it to the gap, where center fielder Luis Matos struggled to get a bead.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 14, 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

Anyway, I couldn’t really get a bead on Ocean anymore, and it bothered me that it even bothered me.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi