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[hee-liks] / ˈhi lɪks /








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And accepting that joyful sorrow and sorrowful joy are the double helix of parental DNA takes time.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026

And so it goes in “The Last Kings of Hollywood,” as the lives and ambitions of Messrs. Coppola, Lucas and Spielberg entwine around one another in a triple helix.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

You can look at friendship as a journey that is like a double helix: Sometimes you and a friend will be in sync financially or emotionally, and other times you’ll be out of alignment.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 28, 2026

Franklin, whose expert X-ray images solidified Watson’s conviction that DNA was a double helix, had died four years earlier of ovarian cancer.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025

DNA is a double helix, the two intertwined strands resembling a “spiral” staircase.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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