single thread
Britishnoun
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"He's used them all at different times - there's not a single thread here that you can rely on."
From BBC
California’s three Michelin star Single Thread Restaurant offers a highly regarded non-alcoholic pairing to their meals.
From Salon
For purposes of this specific Source Notes column, it’s perhaps best to park some issues and instead focus on a single thread: Is it really plagiarism to copy from Wikipedia without providing credit?
From Slate
“The Eighth Amendment,” Pitman wrote, “demands more than a single thread of arguably rational thought in a sea of otherwise disorganized thoughts and delusions to establish that a person rationally understands the reasons for his execution.”
From Slate
When even a single thread is pulled from that tapestry, the entire system can unravel.
From Scientific American
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