threads
Britishplural noun
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“Expensive Basketball” is an encyclopedic romp through hoops history, footnotes strewn throughout like so many perimeter ball screens, threads blissfully unconnected.
At 84, Craven is one of the threads tethered to the town’s vivid past.
From Seattle Times
Hasbro’s efforts come as studios are scrambling to turn intellectual property — including books, plays, podcasts, Twitter threads, games and toys — into recognizable media properties.
From Los Angeles Times
The installation aims to create what scientists call “impossible colors” — imperceptible to the eye and brain — between the hues of the threads.
From Washington Post
When all the threads that have tethered you to a story are snapped, what you’re left with is the potential to reimagine your life.
From Washington Post
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