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  • noun Plural form of web.

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Examples

  • "Understanding the dynamics of deep-sea food webs is essential for scientific understanding and management of earth's largest ecosystem," said Sutton, who will attend the London news conference Monday marking the end of the census.

    Global Census of Marine Life reveals thousands of new species, other discoveries Juliet Eilperin 2010

  • "Understanding the dynamics of deep-sea food webs is essential for scientific understanding and management of earth's largest ecosystem," said Sutton, who will attend the London news conference Monday marking the end of the census.

    Global Census of Marine Life reveals thousands of new species, other discoveries Juliet Eilperin 2010

  • He deconstructs the elements of Thelonious Monk's stately "Crepescule With Nellie," and spins improvised webs from a stride-based Byard tune.

    A Piano 'Genius' Finds His Edge Larry Blumenfeld 2010

  • The plot itself evolved somewhat from a light-fantasy fare interwoven with humor and occasional gritty scenes, to a more realistic setting where webs within webs of conspiracies, backstabbing politics, raging battles and endless lust for power flourish.

    Joe Abercrombie - Before They Are Hanged (Book Review) 2008

  • There have been heated Internet discussions among experts that the webs were constructed by social cobweb spiders, which work together, or perhaps a mass dispersal where the arachnids spin webs to spread out from one other.

    Giant Web Creates Big Buzz | Impact Lab 2007

  • In Creating Short Fiction, Damon Knight explained that the conscious mind thinks linearly, while the unconscious thinks in webs of association.

    Science Press Releases 2007

  • Which helped me realize: My conscious mind thinks in webs of association.

    Tech & Science News, some dubious 2005

  • Like him, they spin webs, capturing you with beguiling words that always contain other, and more, than what they literally say.

    Nobel Prize in Literature 1974 - Presentation Speech 1975

  • I wonder if those great creatures are not sometimes caught in webs spun by their fellow-creatures, and whether they are not sometimes put by hundreds into a bottle, without possessing any means of escape?

    The Bird and Insects' Post-Office 1824

  • Reconvene the class to look at and read aloud the word webs together.

    NYT > Home Page By JENNIFER CUTRARO 2010

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