sparse
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But when Walker and Auen plunge our cipher, Béatrice, into the world of sparse electrostatic video, the result is both harrowing and unbelievably beautiful.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
Details on deployment and growth plans for the Cybercab were sparse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Its dry climate and sparse vegetation leave fossil-bearing rocks exposed, while its geology contains sedimentary layers of the right age to preserve dinosaur remains.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
By the time Williams and Kenin were finished, the crowd in the 23,933-capacity stadium was sparse.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Prosper shuddered and only after another look did he realize that they were glasses, reflecting the sparse light.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
The Lower Woodies had a sparser insurance policy, but more wiggle room in its rules about rebuilding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026
However, Williams said, there are important differences between regions where fires erupt in forests with abundant vegetation fuel and regions like Southern California, where fires often burn through sparser shrubs and grasses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2025
Since then, not much is known of her personal life and her film appearances have grown sparser.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2024
While experts had previously speculated that Gigantopithecus was driven to extinction as their preferred forest habitats became sparser, the known fossils of the ape lacked defined dates to test the idea.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 10, 2024
The value of what he brought in body shopping was going to go down as food became sparser.
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
It’s a volcanic buildup of a song, from the sparsest ticking electronics to a hard-rock stomp to a full-scale pileup of guitars, drums and horns.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2024
In this case, the error is making a call based on the sparsest of evidence.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 15, 2021
At the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, security officers reported some of the sparsest crowds they’ve seen as they prepared to shutter the popular museum Friday.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 13, 2020
That said, the rest of the freestyle – which lasts nearly eight minutes, set to the sparsest of backings – has little or nothing to do with Trump.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 20, 2016
It’s the sparsest bed I’ve ever seen: small and pale yellow with a sheet, a topsheet, and one pillow.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
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