stringing

[string-ing]

noun

1. a narrow band of inlay, as in a piece of furniture.

Word History and Origins

Origin of stringing¹

First recorded in 1610–20; string + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

It would be some five years before generative artificial intelligence would be out in the wild, stringing together words as well as many humans.

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Turner, who has worked at the university since 2009, said the “stringing along” of layoffs has sent morale plummeting, which “inevitably is going to trickle down to the students.”

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Soon we were stringing letters together, bead by bead on little strands, to make words.

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“He is stringing us along,” he said of the Russian leader.

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“There’s something very fundamental in textile work with stringing things together. Using a ribbon to interweave a bunch of washers is such a nice example.”

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