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dense

[dens] / dɛns /




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The movie projects contempt for the dense from its first frame, sharing a montage of recent pop culture as a stentorian narrator worries that modern conveniences have perverted the concept of survival of the fittest.

From Salon Sep. 6, 2026

For fusion to continue successfully, the plasma must remain hot, dense, and stable.

From Science Daily Sep. 6, 2026

While the Nigerian navy has increased maritime security operations, the military and other security agencies have carried out operations against oil thieves, who often hid out in the area's dense mangrove forests.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

The wildfire that produced it drove more than 200,000 people to evacuate in July and tore through 162 square miles of dense pine forest on the Atlantic coast.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2026

Lugging packs weighing more than fifty pounds, the young men slogged across muddy rice fields and cut through dense forests.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

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

A gravimeter can detect differences in density, allowing researchers to distinguish the denser surrounding rock from the much lighter buried ice.

From Science Daily Aug. 28, 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 clouds in the sky grew steadily denser, and foretold a heavy summer rain before nightfall.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

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

Eco-lodges dot the area, a destination for hikers and boaters to view one of Alaska’s densest populations of brown bears.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 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

The densest tangle on the island, a mass of twisted stems, black and green and impenetrable, lay on their left and tall grass swayed before them.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding




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