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[dens] / dɛns /




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The drones are equipped with thermal cameras , and can follow bears through dense vegetation until hunters or police arrive.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

SpaceX also needs to work out how to make Starlink more reliable in dense urban environments.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

After a dangerously dense forest is cleared out with hands and heavy machinery, it’s much safer to return a few years later with prescribed fire instead, which is much cheaper.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Acting like a giant incinerator, the spinning flames destroy many of the particles responsible for dense smoke plumes.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

I think about the dense woods cocooning the property, with the meandering, secret paths we made ourselves with wheelbarrows full of mulch.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy




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