dense
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Each particle contains several distinct regions: a dense core surrounded by an inner shell and then an outer shell.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
I do like the Trailseeker’s front corners, skinned with dense, injection-molded plastic over sheet steel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
They include the nine-year-old facility where Waddy works, which sits in a dense cluster known as Data Center Alley about an hour outside of Washington, D.C.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
In dense ice fields, individual floes hit nearby pieces much more often than the wind itself changes.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
The dense tropical trees along the river’s edge towered overhead, providing shade along the banks, while big-beaked toucans called out with their harsh sounds and flocks of parakeets flashed their green, blue, and red feathers.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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The Times: Why did you oppose Senate Bill 79, which requires cities to allow taller, denser buildings near transit stops?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
Haser noted in his EGU 26 paper that current estimates point to a porous interior, possible water ice, and a denser concentration of material near Phobos' equatorial region.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
"Local ice is more economical, but Kuramoto Ice is clearer, denser and melts more slowly," co-owner Yong Wei told AFP.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
A gravimeter can detect differences in density, allowing researchers to distinguish the denser surrounding rock from the much lighter buried ice.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
The small talk was of the microscopic variety, and although it was good to be with her family, never had the barrier between them felt denser.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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Trace that hazy glow toward its densest region, and you will be looking in the direction of the center of the Milky Way galaxy.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
We walk Sham Shui Po, once among the city’s densest working-class food neighborhoods.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
In 2020, the Dome fire decimated what was then known as the world’s densest Joshua tree forest.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
Black ones hold crude oil as well as the "heaviest" or densest products like bitumen.
From Barron's ● Apr. 26, 2026
The earliest and most intensive food production, and the densest populations, of Greater Australia arose in the highland valleys of New Guinea at altitudes between 4,000 and 9,000 feet above sea level.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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