Collocations withstrand
These are words often used in combination withstrand.
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individual strands
We have an economy whose individual strands are becoming ever more closely interwoven.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
long strand
One of us lifted something from it, and leaning forward, that faint and invisible dust dry and acrid in the nostrils, we saw a long strand of iron-gray hair.
From theCambridge English Corpus
multiple strands
These results suggest that because multiple policies interact, environmental policies must have multiple strands in order to replace incentives to further land expansion.
From theCambridge English Corpus
single strand
This hybridization initiates reconstruction by the polymerase of a single strand complementary to the unknown sequence (a).
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strand of hair
Once the chemicals are applied to the hair, each strand of hair begins to swell.
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strand of thought
Yet the strand of thought represented here is very far from being straightforwardly conservative or reactionary.
From theCambridge English Corpus
strand of wire
One strand of wire was broken in the boundary fence.
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Hansard archive
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thin strand
There is a thin strand of economic literature which does recognize the frame-relativity of preferences.
From theCambridge English Corpus
various strands
I attempt to sort out various strands in it below.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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