spool

Example Sentences

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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

Some models can spool this wire as far as 30 miles, which is about the breadth of the Strait of Hormuz at its narrowest point.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

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

"Data is a sequence of bits and bytes," explains senior product developer, Alexey Mantsev, as film ran through a spool at his fingertips.

From BBC • May 8, 2025

“It seems to be that way with most things. No one to do the really disagreeable jobs except oneself. And how exactly, will you use a spool of thread to save a princess?”

From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo