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a very small piece
give me just one atom of information about the novel's surprise ending
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Recent Examples of atoms
Traditional models rely on cesium atoms ticking more than 10 billion times per second.
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
These external influences excite the molecules and atoms in the rings, creating ions.
—Big Think, 9 Oct. 2025
Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar Yaghi discovered that copper ions could be used to create a crystal with large cavities within it, which was porous to smaller atoms and molecules but blocked larger ones.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Using copper, Robson showed that the molecules organized themselves into a regular molecular structure – like how carbon atoms band together to form a diamond.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
Even after chemists discovered that atoms aren’t actually knots, mathematicians ran with the idea, forming an entire branch of study around the tricky creatures.
—Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2025
Reality check All matter is made of basic building blocks called atoms.
—Dipangkar Dutta, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
Whereas traditional nuclear fission energy creates power by splitting atoms, fusion uses heat to create energy by melding them together.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Blue Ghost’s Lunar Sunrise This Raleigh scattering sees blue and violet short-wavelength light strike atoms in Earth's atmosphere and scatter while long-wavelength red and orange light bends onto the lunar surface.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
These external influences excite the molecules and atoms in the rings, creating ions.
—Big Think, 9 Oct. 2025
Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar Yaghi discovered that copper ions could be used to create a crystal with large cavities within it, which was porous to smaller atoms and molecules but blocked larger ones.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Using copper, Robson showed that the molecules organized themselves into a regular molecular structure – like how carbon atoms band together to form a diamond.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
Even after chemists discovered that atoms aren’t actually knots, mathematicians ran with the idea, forming an entire branch of study around the tricky creatures.
—Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2025
Reality check All matter is made of basic building blocks called atoms.
—Dipangkar Dutta, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
Whereas traditional nuclear fission energy creates power by splitting atoms, fusion uses heat to create energy by melding them together.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Blue Ghost’s Lunar Sunrise This Raleigh scattering sees blue and violet short-wavelength light strike atoms in Earth's atmosphere and scatter while long-wavelength red and orange light bends onto the lunar surface.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for atoms
Noun
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Always clean the frames before cleaning the glass so dust and dirt don't get stuck on the panes and all particles are removed.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
11 Oct. 2025
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Produced by the slow decay of radioactive particles, which is a natural process that occurs in all rocks, geothermal energy was long considered too expensive and geographically constrained to compete with other renewables.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Oct. 2025
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Simply put, there are complex problems that cannot be solved by classical computers, such as simulating molecules for drug discovery and materials science and optimizing large-scale systems in finance and logistics.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
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From this distance, Swift detected the faint ultraviolet glow of hydroxyl (OH), the product of water molecules broken apart by sunlight, the study reports.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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The pattern is a brownish batik produced by specks of tobacco.—
Zuzana Říhová,
Literary Hub,
26 Sep. 2025
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After a few days’ travel, some of the specks landed on a buoy floating in the North Atlantic off the coast of French Guyana.—
Zack Savitsky,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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The dudes-rock montage that followed the execution sketch had some genuinely funny bits.—
T. M. Brown,
New Yorker,
15 Oct. 2025
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As is customary, Danielle got the showier instrumental bits of the night, going from playing some serious fuzz guitar to the mid-show segment that has her kicking it on drums.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
14 Oct. 2025
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The light brown hair, worn in an all-purpose crop, bears flecks of gray.—
Nathan Heller,
Vogue,
14 Oct. 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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Eat more fruits, vegetables, and whole grains.—
Brandi Jones,
Verywell Health,
14 Oct. 2025
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Agua de Kefir Guava Paloma This is a new drink from GT’s, the big kombucha brand, made from kefir grains (don’t ask).—
Alex Beggs,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
13 Oct. 2025
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The Vivosun 43-gallon compost bin is an easy way to turn yard waste and kitchen scraps into rich soil, without the mess.—
Nora Colomer
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FOXNews.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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The process begins with the selection and collection of production scraps of noble fibers, such as merino wool and cashmere, sourced from Gruppo Florence’s supply chain.—
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
15 Oct. 2025
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The best and the loopiest of the snippets are also the most personal.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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Her first movie as director, 1987’s Heaven, is a quasi-experimental work made up of old movie clips, newsreel and documentary snippets, and ruminations on eternity by a couple dozen interviewees, including her mother Dorothy and her sister Dorrie.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Atoms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atoms. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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