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Recent Examples of seam
Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 July 2024
Everything about this full-body suit—from fabric choice to seam placement—was carefully engineered to reduce drag force, which is created when water contacts the body.
—Bree Iskandar, Scientific American, 25 July 2024
Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Weeds grew everywhere through seams in the buckling asphalt.
—Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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Verb
Set the seaming iron to 2 or 3, and slide it along the tape, leaving it in place for about 8 to 10 seconds before moving on.
—Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 July 2024
Everything about this full-body suit—from fabric choice to seam placement—was carefully engineered to reduce drag force, which is created when water contacts the body.
—Bree Iskandar, Scientific American, 25 July 2024
Noun
There were obvious seams on the aircraft's surface and the weapons bay door could not be completely closed, the article said.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Weeds grew everywhere through seams in the buckling asphalt.
—Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seam
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Internationally, the company is focused on regulatory approval in China, with an application filed with the NMPA on October 16, 2024.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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Meanwhile, Zhenya has filed a complaint for the assault.Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
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It’s got both elastic and a drawstring on the waist — the best combo, in my opinion — and the soft pleats are like ones on casual trousers.Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
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With tailored details like pleats, belt loops, and a flat front waistband, these pants are appropriate for the office with a blazer or button-down.Gabrielle Porcaro, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2024
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Such attributes have attracted engineers wishing to devise synthetic imitations to advance tissue engineering, drug delivery systems, surgical sutures, biodegradable packaging and biosensors.Barrett Klein, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024
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The breastbone is then sewn back together with small wires, and the muscles and skin on the chest wall are closed with sutures.Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 30 Sep. 2024
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Sign up But a 97-inch television is only scratching the surface of how big these devices can get; TCL has introduced a 115-inch television, while Samsung sells one that measures 146 inches — more than 12 feet across diagonally.Justin Klawans, The Week US, theweek, 20 Nov. 2024
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This is especially the case if your straw is plastic because, as Wu notes about plastic water bottles, they are most easily scratched and, therefore, more likely to harbor bacteria.Kayla Blanton, Outside Online, 17 Nov. 2024
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Domingo is perhaps best known for his eloquence, but here, he’s caught in a loop, grasping for the right thing to say.Selome Hailu, Variety, 20 Nov. 2024
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The music video stars the pygmy hippopotamus, who lives at a zoo in Thailand, bouncing around in her trademark style in a loop.Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
Verb
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As the season rolls on, see if your favorite duo will be moving and grooving into next week.Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2024
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True to the reputation of its Moscow and Bodrum outposts, Birds Dubai turns into a nightclub after the show, with diners ending the evening on the dance floor while grooving to the DJ’s beats.Natasha Amar, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
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Electrons in today’s graphene can move up to a micrometer before getting scattered by imperfections, such as corrugations in the surface of the material or grain boundaries between adjacent crystal patches.Chun-Yung Sung, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Jan. 2012
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In ammonoids a more complex septum might improve the animal’s survival odds by strengthening the shell (just as corrugations strengthen cardboard).Lori Oliwenstein, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
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The fourth movie in this series has the good backstory drama, the icon finally sitting in the captain’s seat, and it’s also got the best banter with Elise’s trusty assistants, played by Angus Sampson and original Insidious scribe Leigh Whannell.Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2024
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However, his latest movie, the $50M Miramax financed and Sony released Here, which brings back together the Gump gang of Tom Hanks, Robin Wright and scribe Eric Roth, was a situation of technology outshining the story.Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Seam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seam. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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