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winding

[wahyn-ding] / ˈwaɪn dɪŋ /


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The idea resembles winding optical fiber around a spool, but nanofabrication makes it possible to fit the path into a far smaller footprint.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

Starr is criminally sarcastic, and delights in winding people up.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

Still, his winding career path is atypical for the type of bat that a playoff hopeful like the Phillies is counting on to boost their chances.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Meanwhile, thousands more are waiting in county jails for cases that are winding through a new, convoluted and confusing system where geography controls the rules.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

Mary looked up quickly from the hank of yarn she was winding into a ball.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham

The company’s share price took a hit last month when the startup missed delivery expectations for the third quarter and lowered its production forecast, reportedly because of miscommunication with its supplier of copper windings.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 7, 2024

The extremely powerful gradient coil is the first to be made with three layers of wire windings.

From Science Daily Nov. 27, 2023

“Its height gradually diminished, and after a chase of one or two miles I lost it in the windings of the channel.”

From New York Times May 8, 2020

It’s that manufacturing agility that allowed a company whose top product was a tour-played ball with rubber windings to switch to solid-core, multilayer constructions with the introduction of the Pro V1 in late 2000.

From Golf Digest Sep. 24, 2019

If you went down the river long enough, along its sinewy windings, you’d reach the sea; but what could you do there?

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood




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