sparse

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"What makes this question so hard to answer is that direct observations are very sparse in northern Alaska," says Rawlins, extension associate professor of Earth, Geographic, and Climate Sciences at UMass Amherst.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

European and U.K. economic data will be somewhat sparse as most markets are closed on Monday for the Easter holiday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The post included an animated map of sparse maritime traffic traveling through the waterway.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

Phoenix — A sparse crowd braved the heat, which was approaching 100 degrees when Dodgers right-hander Shohei Ohtani walked off the mound at Camelback Ranch.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Even as I think this the world’s sun dims between clouds regathering, and soon a flaw of rain runs sparse and hard upriver, spattering the crowds on the Embankment, darkening the sky.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin