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mote

[moht] / moʊt /


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But even he receives a mote of benediction, especially when he commits sins he can’t undo.

From Salon • Sep. 7, 2025

Bangladesh, one of the world's fastest-growing economies, has raised fuel prices by mote than 50% in just a week.

From BBC • Aug. 13, 2022

And we as humans, temporary inhabitants of a dust mote, as Carl Sagan said, did what we had to do.

From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2022

After the issue was resolved, another mote of organic material began to threaten the mission’s launch.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 25, 2020

I believe our future depends on how well we know this Cosmos in which we float like a mote of dust in the morning sky.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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