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dense

[dens] / dɛns /




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Data centre developers are particularly attracted to London because of the capital's dense concentration of businesses, financial services and internet connections.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

But wildfires have burned several of these areas in recent years, including dense woodlands near Covington Flats and Black Rock Campground.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Neutron stars are extremely dense stellar remnants left behind after massive stars reach the ends of their lives.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

Under the dense foliage, soldiers on the ground work in what looks like a pumpkin patch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

In the foreground: the dense, ferny undergrowth of a forest, bordered by a few gnarled tree trunks rising upward.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

Robinson said combining its global multimodal platform with RXO’s North American brokerage, expedited and last-mile capabilities will allow the combined company to provide a more tailored offering for customers across a larger and denser network.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

The researchers also pressurized the gas to create a denser stream of CO2, allowing the instrument to obtain usable measurements from much smaller quantities of fossil material.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

The Times: Why did you oppose Senate Bill 79, which requires cities to allow taller, denser buildings near transit stops?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

Although there is little scientific evidence, it's said the technique also results in a colder, denser product that will cool rather than dilute a cocktail.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

Her voice was a whisper, as if she could startle the water and it would rush off into the denser bush, leaving us behind.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

Trace that hazy glow toward its densest region, and you will be looking in the direction of the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

We walk Sham Shui Po, once among the city’s densest working-class food neighborhoods.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026

“Compassion,” the preacher proclaimed, is “mercy in action,” adding: “I can also show you one small rhetorical tweak that guarantees even your densest congregant won’t miss the point.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

Black ones hold crude oil as well as the "heaviest" or densest products like bitumen.

From Barron's ● Apr. 26, 2026

The New Guinea highlands supported some of the densest populations of Stone Age people anywhere in the modern world.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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