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beams

  • plural of beam.
  • present tense form of beam (3rd person singular).

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"There's always another edge or another way that they want to go about it, whether that's athleticism, the way that they're working or strength " said ex-Australia leg-spinner and current Under-19s coach Kristen Beams.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2025

In creating five new isotopes, an international research team working at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB, at Michigan State University has brought the stars closer to Earth.

From Science Daily • Feb. 15, 2024

Beams of light stream from a church set during a performance at the Country Music Association Awards in Nashville, Tennessee.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2023

New projects such as the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, which opened in May 2022 at Michigan State University, will measure the nuclear properties of rare nuclei.

From Scientific American • Jan. 9, 2023

That summer, in 1927, Lawrence joined Beams on a visit to Europe, where Swann was spending a sabbatical.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik