dense
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In an old-growth forest with a dense, multi-layered canopy, visual estimates can be highly misleading.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
Lee then focused on graduating early, packing his remaining coursework into two dense semesters — taking seven classes during one of them.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
She understands that children in dense districts face some of the steepest challenges to accessing outdoor play.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
But don’t miss the point of caring so wholly in the first place — to have a human experience on this dense, fleshy plane.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
It was a lush and mysterious landscape, a dense wood of dizzyingly tall fir trees that covered the rolling mountains like a living blanket of green.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
Earth is much denser still, averaging 5.5 grams per cubic centimeter.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 27, 2026
The denser it is, the more dehydrated you are, generally.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Fellow economists Marina Gertsberg, Ekaterina Volkova and I found that the disgraced financier effectively wired corporate America into a denser, more tightly interconnected network.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026
Now, many local leaders want to see them bulldozed to make way for new, denser housing—igniting an outcry on the edge of unbroken wilderness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
He had set off on an easterly course, but the undergrowth had grown denser as he progressed.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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
Neighboring Djibouti is home to the densest cluster of foreign military bases in the world—including from the U.S.,
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
"You have the second densest country in the world, that has virtually uncongested streets," Harvard economist Edward Glaeser said of the city-state.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026
The foragers were there before us and they brought about dramatic changes even in the densest jungles and the most desolate wildernesses.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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