clump
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The different theories provide different answers for how dark matter should clump.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
While all these theories successfully describe the large-scale clumping scientists can measure, they disagree over how dark matter should clump on smaller scales.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
"It is a pretty-looking thing," he concedes, plucking fragments off a clump torn from a carpet of green moss.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
Add more pasta water as needed — the sauce should lightly coat, not clump.
From Salon ● Apr. 7, 2026
A clump of grass poked out from a crack in the sidewalk.
From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
He’s lost weight and his hair falls out in clumps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
So-called “dark matter” clumps around galaxies and snakes throughout space in long tendrils.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Peppercorn-sized clumps of human brain cells grown in a lab for a record seven years aged similarly to those inside our heads, suggesting they "recorded the passage of time," scientists said Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Amyloid plaques, sticky clumps of protein that accumulate in the brain, are like the fire.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
If it’s been frozen before shipping, then the poi clumps together and resembles paste.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
It didn’t matter if the steps were spread out over multiple sessions or clumped together in long walks, researchers told Barron’s.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2025
Unlike the previous two approvals, this new therapeutic, named donanemab, targets amyloid beta only at a later stage when it has clumped together to form plaques.
From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2025
Water quickly overwhelmed the beachside bar where she works - the Bridge Tender Inn Dockside & Tiki Bar - with waves splashing the sign and chunks of seaweed clumped near tables.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2024
Some stars are spread throughout the spiral arms, but others are clumped tightly together in star clusters.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 29, 2024
Olanna stared at the beggars clumped around the walls of the palace, their bodies and begging bowls covered in flies.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
"There are different tribes of people in every age group, but when you get older, people start clumping you together with other stereotypes," she says.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Roman will help scientists measure that small clumping for the first time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
While all these theories successfully describe the large-scale clumping scientists can measure, they disagree over how dark matter should clump on smaller scales.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Every neuron contains Tau, but in Alzheimer's disease the protein begins clumping into large, sticky tangles that interfere with the cell's internal transport system before eventually killing the neuron.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 30, 2026
Outside on Tremont Street he could hear the clumping of army boots.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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