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decomposed

[dee-kuhm-pohzd] / ˌdi kəmˈpoʊzd /






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Unlike in 1986, when many of the artifacts, especially the elephant tusks, decomposed after being exposed to the open air, Ran improvised a new system for the dig.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

People hurried to identify victims before they decomposed, in an era before refrigeration.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

"Our study shows, more precisely than ever before, how much carbon is safely stored in the seabed - and just how much of the decomposed material actually originates from the old permafrost," says Manuel Ruben.

From Science Daily Aug. 3, 2026

To Arcuri, Nvidia’s work to provide a whole AI system “shifts performance discussions away from standalone GPU generations and toward how workloads are decomposed, orchestrated and scaled across the full system.”

From MarketWatch Mar. 10, 2026

Marshy silt and decomposed plants made a surface that looked completely solid, but it was even worse than quicksand.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan




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