spool

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DNA is tightly packed into chromosomes, similar to thread wound around a spool, and is often present in multiple copies that must be reliably passed on during division.

From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026

In the seesawing tedium of daily traffic, slow and fast, the e-motor silently and seamlessly supports the big V8 in those few hundred milliseconds it takes to spool up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

She points out the spool of paper tickets in the box office, now coiling on the floor and ready to be counted.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025

She grabs a zipper and spool of thread.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2025

On a china plate on the kitchen table was a spool of black cotton, and a long silver needle, and, beside them, two large black buttons.

From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman