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strand

[strand] / strænd /
NOUN
fine thread
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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Senior right-hander Dylan Kerbow struck out Andrew Lamb to strand the bases loaded.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

The science of hair strand testing is sound, but there are growing concerns over the way tests are presented and interpreted.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

Most Muslims, however, belong to the Sunni strand of Islam.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

There’s another DNA strand provided by screenwriter Kolstad, who also invented “John Wick.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

The damaged copy of a gene is reconstructed using the complementary strand, or the second copy of the gene, as its guide.*

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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