clump
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The different theories provide different answers for how dark matter should clump.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
While all these theories successfully describe the large-scale clumping scientists can measure, they disagree over how dark matter should clump on smaller scales.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
"It is a pretty-looking thing," he concedes, plucking fragments off a clump torn from a carpet of green moss.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
Add more pasta water as needed — the sauce should lightly coat, not clump.
From Salon ● Apr. 7, 2026
We crouched down behind a clump of ferns.
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
He’s lost weight and his hair falls out in clumps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
So-called “dark matter” clumps around galaxies and snakes throughout space in long tendrils.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Peppercorn-sized clumps of human brain cells grown in a lab for a record seven years aged similarly to those inside our heads, suggesting they "recorded the passage of time," scientists said Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
These abnormal clumps, known as tau tangles, are associated with cognitive decline, disrupted brain function, and the death of neurons.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
Dallas spotted his sister, Florida, inching her way along the sidewalk, wrenching clumps of weeds and grass and dirt from the ground.
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
It didn’t matter if the steps were spread out over multiple sessions or clumped together in long walks, researchers told Barron’s.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2025
Unlike the previous two approvals, this new therapeutic, named donanemab, targets amyloid beta only at a later stage when it has clumped together to form plaques.
From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2025
Water quickly overwhelmed the beachside bar where she works - the Bridge Tender Inn Dockside & Tiki Bar - with waves splashing the sign and chunks of seaweed clumped near tables.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2024
He had more than 30 friends and family members in attendance at Wrigley Field, most of them clumped together in two rows of seats directly behind home plate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2024
In i960, French researchers had discovered that when cells were infected with certain viruses in culture, they clumped together and sometimes fused.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
"There are different tribes of people in every age group, but when you get older, people start clumping you together with other stereotypes," she says.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
By looking at how dark matter’s gravity bends the light of galaxies, Roman will be able to measure this clumping.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
While all these theories successfully describe the large-scale clumping scientists can measure, they disagree over how dark matter should clump on smaller scales.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Every neuron contains Tau, but in Alzheimer's disease the protein begins clumping into large, sticky tangles that interfere with the cell's internal transport system before eventually killing the neuron.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 30, 2026
We filled glasses with the snow clumping on the fire escape then poured tamarind syrup on it to make piraguas Brooklyn-style.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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