particles

NOUN

oddment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

odds and ends

STRONG

assortment bits debris etcetera hodgepodge jumble knickknacks leavings leftovers litter medley melee miscellany mishmash motley notions novelties patchwork potpourri rags refuse remainder remains remnants rest rubbish rummage scraps sundries

WEAK

bits and pieces miscellaneous paraphernalia mixed bag mélange olio sundry items this and that

Antonyms

STRONG

base cleanliness core possessions property singularity

NOUN

odds and ends

Synonyms

WEAK

assortment bits bits and pieces debris etcetera hodgepodge jumble knickknacks leavings leftovers litter medley melee miscellaneous paraphernalia miscellany mishmash mixed bag motley mélange notions novelties oddments olio patchwork potpourri rags refuse remainder remains remnants rest rubbish rummage scraps sundries sundry items this and that

NOUN

sundries

Synonyms

STRONG

assortment bits debris etcetera hodgepodge jumble knickknacks leavings leftovers litter medley melee miscellany mishmash motley notions novelties oddment oddments patchwork potpourri rags refuse remainder remains remnants rest rubbish rummage scraps

WEAK

bits and pieces miscellaneous paraphernalia mixed bag mélange olio sundry items this and that

Antonyms

STRONG

base cleanliness core possessions property singularity

Example Sentences

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"When we detect individual cosmic-ray particles such as the Amaterasu particle here on Earth, we can often use their energies, arrival directions and expected magnetic deflections to infer their possible cosmic sources."

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

These rare particles can exceed 100 exa-electron volts, or 100 quintillion electron volts.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

"The reason we became interested in stadium waves is that, apparently, people very often behave like particles," physicist Illes Farkas told the NPR network.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

A 2023 Harvard study found that exposure to fine particulate air pollutants from coal-fired power plants had double the risk of mortality from similar particles from other sources.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

It would often, he acknowledged, be impossible to choose between competing explanations because one could not see what was actually happening within the invisible world of particles out of which our visible world was constructed.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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