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

strings

Cultural  

1. A section of the orchestra containing the stringed musical instruments — those played by making stretched strings vibrate. In most stringed instruments, the musician draws a bow over the strings; violins, violas, cellos, and bass viols are played in this way. Other stringed instruments are played by plucking the strings; these include the banjo, guitar, harp, harpsichord, and ukulele.

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Paramount and just about every other major studio pulling the strings in Hollywood look even worse; it also makes the film itself look even better.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

Languid piano tunes give way to surging, keening tides of strings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

They cite Joachim of Fiore, a 12th-century theologian, who conceived of the Trinity as a three-sided psaltery with 10 strings and a central sound hole representing God.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

They fear that any strings attached to the public money will make many private schools balk at taking it.

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026

I did the same with the sack of flour and carefully slid my arms with the strings into Mrs. Diamants enormous old coat.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

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