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glues

  • present tense form
    of glue (3rd person singular).
    glue
    noun
    a hard, impure, protein gelatin, obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water, that when melted or diluted is a strong adhesive.

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In 2012, Verdine launched a biotech, Warp Drive Bio, to look for molecular glues out in the wild.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Nvidia glues everything together with software called CUDA, short for “compute unified device architecture.”

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

But despite its water-sensitive glues and exposed hydraulics, the seahorse completed its route intact.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2026

Restoring a Rothko painting is a difficult task because "Rothko's mixture of pigments and resins and glues were quite complex", Mr Helm said.

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2025

Meanwhile, the Doctorita glues pictures of Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse onto the wood.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau