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a very small piece
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Recent Examples of atoms
These work by using electron vibrations around atoms to keep time.
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Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 12 Apr. 2026
The energy stored in a chemical battery exists as a sort of tension and imbalance in how atoms and electrons are arranged between two materials.
—Chelsea Haney
april 10, New Atlas, 10 Apr. 2026
It’s known as the cosmic microwave background, or CMB, and is made up of the light that was released when the hot, dense plasma that suffused the early universe cooled enough to form hydrogen atoms.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2026
Katrin uses its house-size detector to look for electrons released during radioactive decays of tritium atoms.
—Quanta Magazine, 8 Apr. 2026
Each molecule can contain more than two hundred carbon atoms, twisted into a dizzying array of rings and folds.
—Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
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
Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 12 Apr. 2026
The energy stored in a chemical battery exists as a sort of tension and imbalance in how atoms and electrons are arranged between two materials.
—Chelsea Haney
april 10, New Atlas, 10 Apr. 2026
It’s known as the cosmic microwave background, or CMB, and is made up of the light that was released when the hot, dense plasma that suffused the early universe cooled enough to form hydrogen atoms.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2026
Katrin uses its house-size detector to look for electrons released during radioactive decays of tritium atoms.
—Quanta Magazine, 8 Apr. 2026
Each molecule can contain more than two hundred carbon atoms, twisted into a dizzying array of rings and folds.
—Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
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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Take a room full of particles, for instance, where half of the particles are cold (low in kinetic energy, moving slowly, with a long timescale in between collisions) and half of the particles are hot (high in kinetic energy, moving rapidly, with short timescales separating successive collisions).—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Apr. 2026
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As free quarks cannot exist in isolation, quarks produced from the vacuum immediately combine into composite particles called hyperons.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Keep an eye out for tiny brown or orange specks, especially around door edges, undercarriage, and seams.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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Keep an eye out for tiny brown or orange specks, especially around door edges, undercarriage and seams.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
USA Today,
25 Mar. 2026
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Through a specialized molten salt treatment, the long polymer chains in polyethylene are broken down into fuel-grade molecules.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Apr. 2026
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Much like having a cold, the subsequent congestion can then block odor molecules from reaching olfactory receptors.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
9 Apr. 2026
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About 80 times heavier than protons, W bosons are among the heaviest of nature’s fundamental particles, which can’t be broken down into smaller bits.—
Clara Moskowitz,
Scientific American,
10 Apr. 2026
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There may be no documents in the libraries, but the trees hold bits and shards of this land’s collective memory.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
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Berber carpet Berber is a type of loop pile carpet with flecks of color.—
Faith Wakefield,
USA Today,
12 Mar. 2026
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Using x-ray fluorescence spectrometry, scholars determined that the ancient off-white fluid was composed of calcite, huntite, and miniscule flecks of yellow orpiment, a highly toxic sulfide of arsenic that Egyptians also used in medicine to treat syphilis and malaria.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
9 Mar. 2026
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Instead, think high-protein and filling breakfast filled with fruits and vegetables, whole grains, legumes, nuts and seeds, healthy fats, along with herbs and spices like ginger and turmeric (all of which are anti-inflammatory).—
Siya Bhambwani,
Vogue,
6 Apr. 2026
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Look for whole grains, fruits and vegetables, and words like steamed, baked, poached, roasted, broiled or grilled.—
Dr. Sarah Kinsella,
Boston Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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That’s a change from post-pandemic habits when, too often, one blockbuster would suck up all the oxygen at multiplexes and leave the rest of the new releases to settle for scraps.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
5 Apr. 2026
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The Dining Area The table was made by sculptor Bryan Hunt out of scraps from the apartment where Poe grew up.—
Wendy Goodman,
Curbed,
4 Apr. 2026
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Hadid shared a few behind-the-scenes snippets from a recent Miss Sixty campaign photoshoot in what appears to be a gorgeous seaside home or hotel, resplendent with ornate antique furniture.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
6 Apr. 2026
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The alternately gloomy and euphoric pop songs cut and paste snippets of UK pirate radio culture and New York’s Paradise Garage.—
Aimee Cliff,
Pitchfork,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Atoms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atoms. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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