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winding

[wahyn-ding] / ˈwaɪn dɪŋ /


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Zach Keeling, Sapporo USA CEO, said in a statement that Sapporo USA is winding down the Escondido brewery in phases because it has “not yet found a viable long-term solution” for the site.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

Military trucks sped across winding roads through farmland and quiet villages to one of Europe's most strategic borders, separating Poland and the Russian exclave Kaliningrad.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

Khosla had seen Microsoft’s announcement last year that it was winding down its free nonprofit licenses beginning July 2025, but, per the record, he should have still been in the clear.

From Slate Aug. 18, 2026

The idea resembles winding optical fiber around a spool, but nanofabrication makes it possible to fit the path into a far smaller footprint.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

“Well done, you two,” Mim said as they turned off the road and onto a long winding driveway that led up a steep hill into the woods.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

The company’s share price took a hit last month when the startup missed delivery expectations for the third quarter and lowered its production forecast, reportedly because of miscommunication with its supplier of copper windings.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 7, 2024

They also discovered that the optical vortices could be modified by adjusting the topological charge, which is essentially the number of windings around the optical axis.

From Science Daily Feb. 8, 2024

“Its height gradually diminished, and after a chase of one or two miles I lost it in the windings of the channel.”

From New York Times May 8, 2020

It’s that manufacturing agility that allowed a company whose top product was a tour-played ball with rubber windings to switch to solid-core, multilayer constructions with the introduction of the Pro V1 in late 2000.

From Golf Digest Sep. 24, 2019

If you went down the river long enough, along its sinewy windings, you’d reach the sea; but what could you do there?

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood




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