dense
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In the energy-dependent hot-spot model, these dense regions change as collision energy increases.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
Smoke resulting from incomplete burning contains dense, lethal concentrations of carbon monoxide.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
China’s biotech hubs also have a dense network of specialized contract research organizations, or CROs—which are critical for running clinical tests—allowing researchers to quickly transform scientific hypotheses into results.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The local Shizuoka government and official mountain guides posted video clips and photos from the mountain Thursday morning, showing access roads and gravel trails covered with dense mist and rain.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
The sand is wet and flat and dense.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
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
"Local ice is more economical, but Kuramoto Ice is clearer, denser and melts more slowly," co-owner Yong Wei told AFP.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
The result is denser forests, more fuel on the ground, and larger, hotter fires that threaten lives, communities and the air we all breathe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
The denser it is, the more dehydrated you are, generally.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Not since the lightless passages of Moria had Frodo or Sam known such darkness, and if possible here it was deeper and denser.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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
In 2020, the Dome fire decimated what was then known as the world’s densest Joshua tree forest.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
Black ones hold crude oil as well as the "heaviest" or densest products like bitumen.
From Barron's ● Apr. 26, 2026
The earliest and most intensive food production, and the densest populations, of Greater Australia arose in the highland valleys of New Guinea at altitudes between 4,000 and 9,000 feet above sea level.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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