Thesaurus results for STRINGING

stringing

verb

Definition of stringing

present participle of string

as in connecting

to put together into a series by means of or as if by means of a thread the prosecuting attorney strung the evidence together so that the accused man really did look guilty

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Recent Examples of stringing At 12, Sophie was the youngest contestant in the North Carolina State Fair’s annual tobacco stringing contest, which pays homage to a way of life that was already largely past when her parents were kids. — ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026 From stringing her Syrn bras across the Hollywood sign to her divisive American Eagle ad, she is used to the drama. — Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2026 Finally, on a Sunday night in January, Ricky Craig began stringing Christmas lights around the base of a vast, unidentifiable object—half of the storybook cottage formerly known as Pinky. — Nicola Twilley, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026 Instead, generative AI is stringing words together in a probabilistic way that closely resembles human writing. — Roger J. Kreuz, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026 The duo’s latest work suggests that the apes can create new meaning by stringing sounds together in pairs — something akin to syntax, which was once thought to be a unique hallmark of human language. — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 3 June 2026 In early November, Edie Harmon, who has documented border wall activity in the Jacumba Wilderness since 2020, learned that Marines were stringing wire in an area called Skull Valley. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026 When Colorado opened a few games with waves of offense in the opening minutes, stringing long sequences of offensive-zone time together, the Golden Knights found trigger points to streak the other way. — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 2 June 2026 Just as was happening in the first week of the season, the Padres are simply not stringing enough good at-bats together. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026

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The initiative will also offer mentorship and hands-on exposure to careers in stagecraft, design and production for Y members from ages 16 to 24, and talk-backs connecting live theater to the Y’s civic leadership programs.

— Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
AngelAi is being positioned to take the interaction further, connecting the conversation to calculations, decisions, applications, and transactions.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of connecting

Verb

Beathard drove the melody in the verses and chorus, threading a stream of steady rhythms that keep the piece rolling forward.

— Tom Roland, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2026
Honda says its design can tackle jobs ranging from threading a needle to tightening screws.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of threading

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Combat sequences, set in the Pacific theater and filmed in Australia, look expansive and authentic, weaving around hundreds of soldiers running and shouting and shooting at once.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026
The process was particularly intricate, as each interlacing detail on the bodice had to be carefully constructed by weaving hundreds of meters of rouleau and while maintaining the tension and precision of the corsetry underneath.

— Shelby Wax, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of weaving

Verb

In a test involving the recognition of symbols, Cortical reports that linking up seven biological computers increased accuracy in results from around 80% to 99%.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2026
There’s also research linking lower-extremity strength to better cognitive function in older adults.

— Jenessa Connor, HEALTH, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of linking

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stringing along

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