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strand

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


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Direct measurements of DNA strand breaks supported those findings.

From Science Daily Jul. 24, 2026

The machines use focused beams of ultraviolet light to etch on wafers of silicon billions of transistors roughly the width of a strand of DNA.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

At the summit, the discipline that got you up the mountain is the very thing that can strand you on it.

From MarketWatch Jul. 16, 2026

Large groups strand together, she explained, because they travel in the same currents and are deposited along coastlines at the same time.

From BBC Jun. 18, 2026

A webbing strand curves around the column and comes for me anyway.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer




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