bead

Example Sentences

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While investors are trying to get a bead on the Fed, earnings season is rolling on.

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

"I'm bursting with confidence now... not a single bead of sweat."

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025

Not just that, but Julia also had a bead on part-time remote work.

From Slate • Aug. 4, 2025

Identification of the origins of both the bone bead and bone needles was made possible through the use of zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry, also known as ZooMS, and Micro-CT scanning.

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2024

I tried not to be too disappointed—surely our bead sales would pick up again once we had a bigger stock of necklaces to show.

From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman