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The phrase "a single strand of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe one individual piece of something, often in contexts related to materials, biology, or metaphorical uses.
Example: "She carefully examined a single strand of hair that had fallen onto the floor."
Alternatives: "one thread of" or "a lone piece of".
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"I always had a single strand of pearls on when I was having a martini.
At Abbi's apartment, Ilana glimpses a single strand of silver in her friend's dark hair.
Or when Carrie crawls into Big's big bed, wearing makeup and a single strand of pearls.
The chip, in turn, would have a single strand of chive embedded at its translucent center; how, I never learned.
Israel's laws and policies helped build that ugly wall long before a single strand of barbed wire was strung.
Special radio transmitters and receivers let people connect equipment without coaxing a single strand of cable through a wall.
Angelina Jolie went for volume, wearing a luminous black ball gown rendered ladylike with a single strand of pearls.
The shawl covered her face, so that only her eyes and a single strand of dark-red hair were visible.
In Mr. Gormley's case, the material is a single strand of aluminum rod approximately 1 inch square (12.7 mm).
Up bobs "the battered black derby, with a single strand of seaweed, like a rose upon a coffin".
To close the tweezers, a single strand of DNA that is complementary to both dangling ends is put into solution.
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