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strain

noun as in ancestry

noun as in tone, spirit

noun as in melody

verb as in work very hard

verb as in filter

verb as in cause mental stress

Strongest matches

Weak match

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Example Sentences

The drink has been rising in popularity with women and young people, and recent rugby internationals have put a strain on supplies.

From BBC

Heller made significant changes to Yoder’s novel, toning down some of its more outlandish twists while delving more deeply into the cracks in Mother’s marriage, a partnership that strains under the weight of unspoken resentment.

They fear the algorithm used to calculate the targets has not taken into account strains on local infrastructure, land shortages, and a lack of capacity in the planning system and construction industry.

From BBC

Nine years ago, the team said Idaho’s population boom put a strain on coroner’s offices, which “historically operated with small staff sizes and lean budgets and have not received additional funding to support ever-increasing caseloads.”

From Salon

They compared the genomes of EF-responsive and non-responsive strains and found that, in addition to iron acquisition genes, responsive strains had genes associated with virulence and capsule production specifically.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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