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  • a variation of purl.
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pearl

[purl] / pɜrl /
NOUN
gem
Synonyms


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His Bedouin ancestors earned great wealth pearl diving—until foreign farmed pearls tanked the market and left the local economy in shambles.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

Neetu, a 28-year-old farmer, said she used the product on her pearl millet crop and cut urea application by about one-third without affecting yields.

From Barron's Jun. 16, 2026

He criticised "pearl clutching and hypocrisy from people who should know better".

From BBC Jun. 8, 2026

Is it OK to search “all the rooms in a hotel for a gun or all the storage units or all bank deposit boxes for the pearl necklace that has been stolen?” he asked.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 27, 2026

Two pearl lighthouses with massive crystals on their tops stood at the end of each crescent point.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

The portrait features an Indian woman in a formal pose, wearing a string of pearls, a large emerald pendant and a nose ring.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Whether you’re swanning around with an iPhone, a gold Rolex watch, a diamond ring or a string of pearls, try not to flash them when you’re out in public.

From MarketWatch Jun. 3, 2026

Before you envision Emily Post clutching her pearls at the thought of sneaking out without a proper goodbye, know that etiquette isn’t about rigidity—it’s all about context.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 13, 2026

He has also mocked allies uneasy about the widening conflict, referring to those who "wring their hands and clutch their pearls, hemming and hawing about the use of force."

From Barron's Mar. 10, 2026

She’s just come from work, still in her suit and pearls.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon

The discovery echoes others: Watanabe had noticed similar pearled axons in roundworms in 2013 but didn’t investigate further, and Burkhardt recently saw them in comb jellies.

From Science Magazine Dec. 2, 2024

I got more crystals that I could attach to the pearled bib.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 28, 2023

Here’s how she added heft without too many more steps: First, you’ll boil some lentils in a pot of salted water, and when they’re about halfway done, you’ll add pearled couscous.

From Washington Post Aug. 4, 2022

It starts by simmering pearled farro with fresh apple cider, bay leaves and salt in a saucepan.

From Salon Feb. 6, 2022

One night when I had finished reading, Gertrude gave me some trinkets—a pearled comb for my hair and a small looking glass with a crack.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

Johns Hopkins graduate student and study first author Jacqueline Griswold tested the idea but found no effect on axon pearling.

From Science Daily Dec. 2, 2024

Watanabe’s team modeled this interplay mathematically and also recorded the speed of signal conduction in real mouse neurons with different degrees of pearling.

From Science Magazine Dec. 2, 2024

Under this condition, they found less pearling in both mathematical models and mouse neurons, along with reduced ability of the axon to transmit electrical signals.

From Science Daily Dec. 2, 2024

The speed at which an electrical signal travels along an axon depends on a complex interplay of its shape, diameter, and pearling pattern.

From Science Magazine Dec. 2, 2024

Harry Marton was to be left in sole charge at Perth, with a power of attorney to act, and the pearling was to continue as usual.

From The Second String by Gould, Nat




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