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wisp

noun as in strand

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“This is the future,” Mahoney said as the LaserWeeder moved through the lettuce, leaving small wisps of smoke in its wake.

As for the northern lights, the geomagnetic storm that brought brilliant wisps of red, green and purple to Seattle’s skies “is starting to decrease,” Lindeman said.

Don’t ignore the wisps of cilantro nor the frizzled tangles of scallion.

This was what the Portuguese composer called her own take on the fantastical world of Cervantes’ — a kind of processional colored calm in which melodic or rhythmic wisps reconfigure, never quite to be captured.

This photo captured a fraction of a second in time, showing wisps of solar energy and light fighting to get around the dark side of the moon.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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