helix
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We transformed the Supreme Court’s “Nothing to see here” into an avowal of the freedom to marry under the Constitution’s double helix of liberty and equality for all.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
Each double helix contains vast arrays of chemical subunits that function like the zeroes and ones in a computer program.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
Still, Harper and Yasmin’s existences are inextricably linked, gnarled together in a helix of favors and bargains.
From Salon ● Mar. 1, 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
But a DNA double helix cannot autonomously make a copy of itself; otherwise, it might replicate without self-control.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Some stretches of DNA created much stronger contacts than others, producing distinct hotspots where two helices were especially likely to line up.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
Collins: You’re talking about genetic determinism, which implies that we are helpless marionettes being controlled by strings made of double helices.
From Scientific American ● May 20, 2020
Their DNA strands stretch taut between nanite pillars, double helices analysed and transformed, cascading deviations along to the next wave of propagators.
From Nature ● Apr. 9, 2019
“But I think the most surprising observation was that the proteins were embedded among the RNA helices, penetrating into the interior of the ribosome like tentacles.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2018
At first, Watson tried to jam the two helices together, with the A on one strand matched with an A on the other—like bases paired with like.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
The best designs were made of three helixes connected like sausage links by short strings of amino acids.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 22, 2021
Grant Green’s guitar style is one of jazz’s simple pleasures: stout and crisp; articulated in strong, single-note lines or little spinning helixes of harmony.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2018
For now, these protein helixes can’t convey genetic information that cells can read.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 21, 2016
These tiny helixes can be propelled using a rotating magnetic current and controlled using a joystick.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2016
The currency of evolution is neither hunger nor pain, but rather copies of DNA helixes.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
Vocabulary lists containing helix
"Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone, Chapters 28–37
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