as in particle
a very small piece
give me just one atom of information about the novel's surprise ending
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For example, a single chlorine atom from a CFC molecule can destroy over 100,000 ozone molecules before being neutralized.
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Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Found between about nine and 19 miles above Earth’s surface, the ozone layer is a broad region of the stratosphere where the molecule, which contains three oxygen atoms, is particularly concentrated.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2025
With no shield to steer solar particles, the entire nightside sky can glow with diffuse green light, caused by oxygen atoms less than 60 miles (about 100 kilometers) above the surface.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Take carbon monoxide: one carbon atom bonded to one oxygen atom.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
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Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Found between about nine and 19 miles above Earth’s surface, the ozone layer is a broad region of the stratosphere where the molecule, which contains three oxygen atoms, is particularly concentrated.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2025
With no shield to steer solar particles, the entire nightside sky can glow with diffuse green light, caused by oxygen atoms less than 60 miles (about 100 kilometers) above the surface.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Take carbon monoxide: one carbon atom bonded to one oxygen atom.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for atom
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The small, icy world is home to water-spouting geysers that spew vapor and ice particles into space – offering a tangible clue to its subsurface saltwater ocean.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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Successful or not, the fact that alternatives exist at all suggests virtual particles might be useful fiction rather than physical truth.—
Dipangkar Dutta,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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Every splash of rain, speck of dust, or pinprick of light could mar the negative.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
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On our table are a plate of thin-sliced speck, ham, and cheese, a dish with curls of homemade butter that look like tiny beehives, two pots of homemade strawberry and apricot jam, and a jar of golden honey from the farm bees.—
R29 Team,
Refinery29,
19 Sep. 2025
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The researchers then conducted a randomized clinical trial in humans, in which half of the participants received the NVG-291 drug, which contained a repair molecule to improve nervous system function.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Within those grains, Khawaja and his team found not just frozen water, but the same organic molecules observed in the E-ring.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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One blink, and it was gone again, just another fleck in the mulch.—
Chris Schalkx,
Vogue,
30 Sep. 2025
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Yes, these flecks are seeds that were once inside of a vanilla bean, confirms Britton.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Sep. 2025
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This handsome design can work in just about any room in your home and comes equipped with a little bit of drawer storage to discreetly hide any junk.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
3 Oct. 2025
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But Maura never overdoes the feisty granny bit.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Oct. 2025
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Small things, like individual eyelashes or grains of sand, often get flushed out on their own through a combination of tearing up and blinking, per Mount Sinai.—
Hannah Yasharoff,
USA Today,
29 Sep. 2025
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Swapping low-fiber grains, like white rice, with high-fiber grains, like barley, is an easy way to boost your intake of this important nutrient.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
25 Sep. 2025
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On a patch of public land north of Ramona earlier this month, Angela Hernandez-Cusick watched with a group of wildlife experts as the door to each cub’s carrier was opened.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Sep. 2025
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After October, Microsoft will stop supporting Windows 10, leaving older devices without updates, bug fixes, or security patches.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
30 Sep. 2025
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In the clip, which sees Reid's Lestat singing and sawing a violin, fans are treated to a brief snippet of Lestat's anthemic music.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
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Like its predecessor, When the Sea Came Alive, this audiobook features snippets of first-person accounts of those who lived the history.—
AudioFile Magazine
September 30,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Atom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atom. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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