threaded
Americanadjective
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Researchers have now shown that specially shaped light can act as a similar type of threaded probe, interacting differently with molecules depending on their handedness.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
Absorbed students carefully threaded wires into junction boxes to make circuits connected to lights, bulbs flickering on one by one to signal a job well done.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
Relief is found in the moments of fellowship and natural splendor that are threaded into the story like strands of bright yarn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
A version that lives up to the memory: tender and plush from ricotta, edged with buttermilk tang, and threaded with cinnamon that finally takes the lead.
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2026
In the falling dusk they scrambled out of the pit and slowly threaded their way through the dead land.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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