spindle

Example Sentences

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The researchers discovered that ARK1 plays a central role in organizing the spindle, the cellular structure that separates genetic material so new parasite cells can form.

From Science Daily • Mar. 5, 2026

Long processions of women, many of them bearing a takli or spindle to honour Gandhi's commitment to homespun khadi cloth, take over Bombay's streets, quite literally pushing men to the very margins.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025

A new company was found, the fabrication truly European: spindle from the Czech Republic, cables and curved glass from Italy, capsules from France, the main structure from the Netherlands.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2025

Previously believed to consist of a compact structure attaching to multiple spindle microtubules, it was instead revealed that the centromere consists of two subdomains.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2024

Hollister pulled a piece of twine from a spindle attached to his counter while Emily rearranged more magnetic words.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman