strand
Example Sentences
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Deported not to their homelands but to unfamiliar cities deep inside Mexico, thousands of migrants are stranded in a dangerous, bureaucratic limbo with little support and no clear path forward.
From Los Angeles Times
In December, the carrier cancelled about 4,500 flights, leaving thousands of passengers stranded at airports across India.
From BBC
Within this long strand are tens of thousands of genes that guide how cells function.
From Science Daily
One important method involves DNA strand displacement, a biochemical process that enables precise programming of movement using specific DNA sequences labeled as "fuel" and "structure."
From Science Daily
Similarly stranded are shipments of fertilizer, aluminum, steel and helium.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
