stringer
noun[C]
uk/ˈstrɪŋər/usCOMMUNICATIONS
someone whosendsreportsor doesinterviewsfor anewspaper, but who is not anemployeeof thatnewspaper:
Inadditionto aworldwidenetworkof stringers, thepaperhas about 20staffcorrespondentsabroad.
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The carbonate minerals, calcite, dolomite and ankerite were precipitated, with stringers of marcasite and trace chalcopyrite.
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The vesicles are rounded to slightly elongated and sometimes connected by thin stringers.
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The distal units are hemipelagic in origin with siltstone stringers representing low-density turbidites.
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The altered rock includes stringers of dolomite as well as massive replacement by dolomite.
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Irregular pods and stringers of coarse-grained and pegmatitic gabbro and anorthosite are common.
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The petition was organised by the bowyers, fletchers, stringers and arrowhead makers, and it contained no reference to the evil of playing other games.
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It has 26 full-time correspondents around the world and 100 overseas stringers.
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When it was refurbished in 2002, the timber walkway was replaced, as were bearings, stringers, piers, abutments and hand railings.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Manuka was used for the stringers, studs, caps and sills; manuka fascines, bound with wire, for the decking and sheathing; and logs for wheelguards.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.New lumber and wood scavenged from buildings and railroad ties can be used to buildstringerbridges.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The rear bulkhead itself contained a hatch which led to the rest of the fuselage which was held together by a series of stringers.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The incorporated stringers gave flexibility akin to stranded wire rope and stays made of the material were therefore resistant to snapping in service.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The deck-beams, the stringers, the garboard-strake, the triple-expansion engine and other parts, have particular functions, and their characters are correspondingly distinct.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In addition, the argillaceous matrix of such mudstones frequently contains numerous calcareous particles and stringers.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The bridge was rebuilt in 1954, adding the present concrete pier and the steel stringers, and removing the laminated arches.
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