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strand

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


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The Dodgers had a chance in the ninth against Padres closer Mason Miller, but strand both runners in loss.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Unusually, her unique production style, full of skittering breakbeats and sugar strand melodies, is entirely self-taught.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

They lean in for a single strand of pasta — and accidentally kiss.

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2026

Each strand of DNA, recall, is a long sequence of “bases”—A, T, G, and C. The bases are linked together by the sugar-phosphate backbone.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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