Definitions for straws
straws

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1. strawsnoun

   Plural form of straw.

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1. straws

   Straw is an agricultural by-product of cereal plants.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. STRAWS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Straws is ranked #106096 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Straws surname appeared 168 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Straws.
   
   50% or 84 total occurrences were White.
   35.7% or 60 total occurrences were Black.
   9.5% or 16 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2.9% or 5 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Anagrams for straws »

1. swarts

How to pronounce straws?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of straws in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of straws in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of straws in a Sentence

1. Jason Dempsey:

   The idea that we're making the same kind of progress (as in Colombia) is grasping at straws for justification.

2. Daniel Swain:

   This is not nearly enough, partly because it’s a supply and demand problem. We still got a lot of straws in the ground, but you’d need multiple years like this in a row to really move the needle on recharging those aquifers. There’s probably some recharge going on right now, but it’s unlikely to be the very large amount that would be needed to really make a big difference there.

3. Craig Erlam:

   I’m a bit of a cynic when it comes to bitcoin projections, i think it’s just a selection of people clutching at straws, trying to justify any reasons to be bullish.

4. Dominik Siegrist:

   Lots of smaller ones are grasping at straws, trying to survive as long as they can because the valleys depend on this tourism.

5. Miguel Rodriguez:

   We're all grasping at straws as to what to do with the earthquake families, obviously, it isn't as large of a movement as after Hurricane Maria. ... But these are hundreds of households who are homeless, who are suffering from PTSD, who have been hit by two traumas -- Hurricane Hurricane Maria and now the earthquakes.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Straws
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straws
3. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html