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sterns

noun

plural of stern

as in beams

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At its heart, the greatest album of all time beams with try-hard enthusiasm for popcraft—but don’t try telling Stel that.

— Walden Green, Pitchfork, 21 Oct. 2026
These cataclysmic explosions spray intense radiation and beams of energy through the universe at close to the speed of light.

— Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of beams

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Venice, Vienna, London, then years on the Proffers’ couch in Ann Arbor, then New York, a story ending, eventually, with coat tails, in Stockholm, receiving the Nobel Prize.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026
There is nothing truly random about whether a coin comes up heads or tails.

— Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of tails

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Yellow-rumps, as birders call them, have been seen migrating through northern Illinois even in April and late March.

— Sheryl DeVore, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
The women stood on the doorsteps with their rumps to the crowd, skirts lifted to flash tattered green knickers.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026

Definition of rumps

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Fort Worth police Officer Buddy Calzada read a letter from Everman Mayor Ray Richardson, who stood in the audience in light blue with tears on his cheeks.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Oct. 2026
Lauren Jones, a photographer from Savannah, Georgia, told Glamour that after acne-like rashes appeared on her cheeks, her esthetician instructed her to wash only with cold water and her hands for four weeks.

— Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of cheeks

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Manufacturing breeches and breech blocks requires precision engineering and strict quality controls.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026
Devout Catholic soldiers in blue coats and knee-breeches make the sign of the cross, invoking divine protection while performing this dangerous task.

— Tracey Teo, AJC.com, 24 Sep. 2026

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