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Both would be coated with a gossamer-thin layer of gold for reflectivity and bathed in faint laser beams to detect their oscillations—and thus their temperature. Charles Q. Choi, Scientific American, 11 Dec. 2019 But his most impressive skill is the ancient art of gilding, using gossamer sheets of gold leaf just .12 microns thick to add a brilliant metallic effect to lettering. Jeff Csatari, Popular Mechanics, 9 Dec. 2019
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Consider instead how far away America is from Biden’s gossamer vision. Matthew Continetti, National Review, 4 May 2024 But that gossamer bubble began to lose its sheen when Trump won the White House, cut Cohen out of a role in Washington, gave him an annual bonus that was a third of the year before, and, according to Cohen’s account, slow-walked reimbursing Cohen for his payout to Daniels. Brian Bennett, TIME, 29 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for gossamer 

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“Gossamer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gossamer. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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