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nucleus

[noo-klee-uhs, nyoo-] / ˈnu kli əs, ˈnju- /


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They have much more complicated cells featuring a nucleus and other specialized structures such as organelles which perform specific jobs.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026

There are no guarantees in golf, but in Woad, Nadaud, Lopez Ramirez and Rhodes Europe appear to have an exciting nucleus for the trophy defence at Valhalla in 2028.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Jenny Lê, the flagship’s head of operations, has become the nucleus of the store, embodying the essence of discipline, intention and collaboration that has been there from the very beginning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Hydrogen cyanide appears to originate mostly from the comet's central body, or nucleus.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026

The atom as a whole carried a neutral charge: the negative charges of its orbital electrons balanced the positive charge of the nucleus, the latter created by an excess of protons over electrons.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

The team therefore plans to conduct additional experiments using even lighter atomic nuclei, including helium-4.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026

The new experiments show that much smaller nuclei can also generate the primordial material.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026

At CERN, atomic nuclei can be accelerated to nearly the speed of light and smashed together.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026

If it can be developed further, it could offer scientists a new way to investigate atomic nuclei whose internal structures remain poorly understood.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026

It is a radiating plasma in which the high temperature has stripped some of the electrons from their nuclei.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

"Gee whiz, nucleuses aren't so easy to be, that's one thing," Pee-wee muttered to himself as he bent his aimless way in the direction of Barrel Alley.

From Pee-Wee Harris Adrift by Percy Keese Fitzhugh

Many words ending in us that formerly were written with only the Latin plural, are now given an English plural also; as, focuses, foci; cactuses, cacti; sarcophaguses, sarcophagi; convolvuluses, convolvuli ; funguses, fungi; nucleuses, nuclei.

From Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking by John Hendricks Bechtel

"So far I have done nothing but nucleuses," said Olive, as they sat down.

From The Captain's Toll-Gate by Frank Richard Stockton

Hall, Price, and Kelsey headed in with straggling wagons to form the nucleuses of their columns; but the morning wore on and the Missourians, now under Woodhull, had not yet broken park.

From The Covered Wagon by Emerson Hough

She saw him start a dozen nucleuses of fires; saw them advance till they halted at the edge of the burned ground, beyond the wagon, so that it stood safe in a vast black island.

From The Covered Wagon by Emerson Hough




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