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cord

[kawrd] / kɔrd /


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Patients must meet certain criteria for a diagnosis: a combination of clinical symptoms and lesions characteristic of MS that show up on an MRI scan of the brain and spinal cord.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

"But this neuron doesn't release NE everywhere. It ignores the cerebellum, brainstem, and spinal cord."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

With a length of cord tied tightly across the river, he swam out, gripped firmly, and let the unstoppable current rush over as he sunk his head below the surface.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

It bent over, clamped the cord with its pincers and tucked the cord along a shelf to clear a path.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

“Wait now, I didn’t—” The caller begins to protest, but he’s too late; I’m already jamming the other end of the cord into the corresponding jack for the telephone number.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Room Rater built an audience scoring Zoom backgrounds for lighting, depth, art and visible cords; books themselves became set dressing.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

Inflammation subsided, and the spinal cords regenerated perfectly, even though the neutrophils themselves were no longer present.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026

Shorter cords are also less likely to end up in knotted wads.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

Tyler suffered nodules on her vocal cords and underwent surgery to remove them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

He cut the cords on Gollum’s wrists and ankles and raised him to his feet.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

She still packs corded earphones for in-flight entertainment systems along with Apple AirPods Pro 3, which she loves for their size and noise-canceling capabilities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025

She was directed down another hall, another locked door, before she finally arrived at a stall with a corded phone.

From Slate ● May 2, 2025

The analysis of corded ware vessels also challenges previous considerations.

From Science Daily ● May 21, 2024

The work had been transformed, from an intimate album I’d listened to on an iPod with corded earbuds that didn’t stay put into a lavish stage production with sets, actors, choreography.

From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2024

On one side was the wall of a building and he slumped against it, panting, the corded vein in his forehead inflamed.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

I rescued an abandoned set of chairs missing their woven seats, watched a YouTube video on cording and turned them into living-room fixtures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

An interlocking arch that represents unity gives her walker a sculptural flair, and the cording made out of water hyacinth connects both local artistry with sustainable materials.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 13, 2022

Bubble wrap might crush your standard ribbon bows, so the Container Store suggests using more wire-edged ribbon or tulle, which can be fluffed out, or cording.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2020

Jewel-toned blue, green and purple nylon was cut into pretty sleeveless dresses slit and ruched with cording detail to softly accent the body.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2016

Her boxes were ready for cording, and her little parting gifts for the servants laid ready labelled in her drawers, and nothing remained for her busy hands to do.

From Not Like Other Girls by Rosa Nouchette Carey


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