gossamer
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Scotland's Jacob Alon, meanwhile, is recognised for the heartbreaking gossamer ballads of their debut album, In Limerence.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2025
Oppenheimer, who speaks almost professorially in a gentle, gossamer voice, took his own idea seriously, feeling the theme he wanted to explore dictated a sung approach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2024
Princeton researchers have learned to harness the gossamer scaffolding that maintains the structure of living cells and used it to develop a nanotechnology platform.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 25, 2024
I like planks over thick slices, but sometimes uber-thin, gossamer slices are the perfect option depending no your application.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2023
He would never have been happy with her—life would be gossamer, all his days merging into one long sheer sheet of nothingness.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Vocabulary lists containing gossamer
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