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concentration

[kon-suhn-tray-shuhn] / ˌkɒn sənˈtreɪ ʃən /




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Meranda's necklace was found to have traces of nickel but in one part of the chain the concentration was as high as 11%.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Its concentration in a relatively narrow range of manufactured exports also leaves the wider economy vulnerable to downturns in global clothing demand.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

“I would hope that we’re mature and professional enough to know that we have to be able to have the right focus, concentration, level of urgency.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

Beyond individual concentration risks, they now have to monitor the complex interlinking of many AI-financing arrangements and the various kinds of lending that goes into each project.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Second, there is the Hamiltonian confidence that the concentration of political and economic power was a dynamic force; it was not a threatening cluster of invasive corruption, but a synergistic fusion of developmental energies.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

A conventional glucose sensor, similar to those worn on the upper arm by many people with diabetes, continuously measures glucose concentrations in tissue.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

The landfill’s leachate is composed of concentrations of benzene above hazardous waste thresholds and, on occasion, methyl ethyl ketone above hazardous waste thresholds, as well as other harmful constituents at varying concentrations, the lawsuit said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

For comparison, experiments conducted at similar pressures and temperatures without added platinum oxide produced excess oxygen concentrations of only 0.2% to 0.5% by weight.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

The simulated oxygen concentrations were lower than the experimental measurements, which the scientists attributed to differences between the simplified model and the more complex chemical composition of actual basalt.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

Vessels become hyperreactive to epinephrine so that physiologic concentrations suddenly possess necrotizing properties.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas


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