as in thickness
the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind
complained about the indefensible denseness of the shipping clerks who had misplaced his order
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Recent Examples of denseness
Tiernan is tall but carries the denseness of frame and core strength of a guard.
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Matthew Mowery,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Apr. 2026
Understand how rye works in baking Though dark, dense rye bread is delicious, rye flour does not inherently create denseness in other baked goods.
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The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
Matthew Mowery,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Apr. 2026
Understand how rye works in baking Though dark, dense rye bread is delicious, rye flour does not inherently create denseness in other baked goods.
—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for denseness
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The difference in display thickness could be a clue that one of the two devices has a less visible crease than the other.
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The beef banter just as easily boils down to recipes and preferences in style and thickness of cuts.
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And with such excellent transit, there can be much greater housing density.
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The approach will ensure uniform build quality for high-density GPU clusters and accelerate the timeline to active operations.
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Through the gut-skin axis, an unhealthy gut or ongoing internal inflammation can contribute to conditions such as acne, eczema, rosacea, dullness, and sensitive skin.
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Lavender softens the look of dullness, green helps reduce the appearance of redness, and peach helps counter visible dark spots.
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The better rhythm is not slowness.
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Everything—the light, the salt, the slowness—conspires to shift your inner tempo.
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In an email to Krebs, Valadon claimed that the repo’s commit logs show that GitHub’s default protections against committing secrets—protections designed to protect unwitting or unskilled developers against exactly this kind of stupidness—had been disabled by the repo’s administrator.
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“Denseness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/denseness. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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