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fold

[fohld] / foʊld /




VERB
encase, enclose
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The poster child of scientific AI is the UK-based firm Google DeepMind, which in 2020 solved one of biology's biggest problems: how proteins in living things fold into their precise shapes.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Actuators would therefore also be needed to fold the wing tips while the aircraft is taxiing on the ground.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

In a milieu where every fold and crease, every millimeter of negative draft or change of curvature, adds cost, the S5 saves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

As amino acids are connected, they form a chain that can fold into a three-dimensional structure.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

At the last moment, Jack managed to grab a fold in the giant’s cheek, stopping his momentum just enough for him to recover his balance less than a foot from the edge of the throat.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley


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