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winding

[wahyn-ding] / ˈwaɪn dɪŋ /


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"One way to picture it is that the current "twists" the phase of the coherent quantum state of the superconductor, rather like winding a spring," explains Eryin Wang, lead author of the study.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

In April, Quixote announced it was winding down most of its Los Angeles soundstage business, including its main commercial studio in West Hollywood and its North Valley studio in Pacoima.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

But Backstedt made her battle hard on a long, winding, technical course to secure just the third British medal in the discipline, with Emma Pooley taking gold in 2010 and bronze a year later.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

Dozens of tractor-trailer rigs loaded with trash rumble along Marana’s winding dirt roads daily to the landfill’s face.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

Anguished sobs echoed down the winding stairwell, bouncing off the walls like the cries of strange birds.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

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

Reed, a freelance writer who “has owned a Dodge, a Ford and a Buick,” describes the novel as having a “Tolstoy-sized cast” and “more windings than a Byzantine intrigue.”

From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2021

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

They looked back, but they could not see far because of the many windings and rollings of the Road.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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