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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
While most are deflected, some particles spiral along magnetic field lines toward the poles, colliding with oxygen and nitrogen atoms high in the atmosphere.
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
The atoms existed just billionths of a degree above absolute zero.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 June 2026
Fatty acids are long chains of carbon surrounded by hydrogen atoms.
—Rosemary Trout, The Conversation, 10 June 2026
These chips are being constructed on a scale of mere atoms, while a single human hair can be a million atoms in width.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 10 June 2026
Hiding your sensitive bits Gold surfaces are also quite active in the sense that gold atoms will readily rearrange themselves on the surface.
—Chris Lee, ArsTechnica, 9 June 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
These filters can be tuned to isolate the light from any of a huge variety of atoms and molecules that might be in a gas cloud, allowing a cloud’s composition, temperature, density, structure and other properties to be measured.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2025
Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
The atoms existed just billionths of a degree above absolute zero.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 June 2026
Fatty acids are long chains of carbon surrounded by hydrogen atoms.
—Rosemary Trout, The Conversation, 10 June 2026
These chips are being constructed on a scale of mere atoms, while a single human hair can be a million atoms in width.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 10 June 2026
Hiding your sensitive bits Gold surfaces are also quite active in the sense that gold atoms will readily rearrange themselves on the surface.
—Chris Lee, ArsTechnica, 9 June 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
These filters can be tuned to isolate the light from any of a huge variety of atoms and molecules that might be in a gas cloud, allowing a cloud’s composition, temperature, density, structure and other properties to be measured.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for atoms
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Seasonal allergies are primarily caused by trees and grasses, whose tiny pollen particles travel on the wind.—
Alexandra Jones,
The Spruce,
10 June 2026
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The experiment produced nanophase iron, tiny metallic particles that are widely observed in lunar soil and are considered a key signature of space weathering.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
10 June 2026
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These black specks show up each autumn, congregating on my screens and windowsill, and complicating my desire to open the window on a pleasant day.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
4 Nov. 2025
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The vacuum is dedicated to getting even the tiniest specks of dirt, circling back two or three times until the area is spotless.—
Terri Williams,
Architectural Digest,
3 Nov. 2025
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Even if the α-lactalbumin-targeting vaccine is not effective in a Phase 2 trial, Norton said scientists are getting better at identifying the abnormal molecules found on different tumor cells.—
Kaitlin Sullivan,
NBC news,
11 Dec. 2025
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Use of natural molecules For solid-state batteries based on organic materials, achieving high capacity and reliability in cold weather is a remarkable and uncommon feat.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Dec. 2025
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No scrubbing burnt-on bits and no need for extra pans.—
Olivia Tarantino,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
11 Dec. 2025
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The scene of the crime is no place for bits.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
10 Dec. 2025
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But flecks of green were visible throughout the stadium as Algeria fans made their presence known as well.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
17 June 2026
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There are also flecks of red embedded throughout the pattern.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 June 2026
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Advertisement These findings should be interpreted with caution, since bread is just one of many grains included in the studies.—
Matt Fuchs,
Time,
15 June 2026
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Kosher salt, with its coarse, medium-sized grains, is favored for its clean flavor, versatility, and ease of handling.—
Heather Riske,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 June 2026
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Don't leave food scraps sitting around.—
Amber Harding OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2026
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The little four-note melodic scraps tumble over each other ceaselessly in a call-and-response that scrambles your sense of which end is transmission and which is reception.—
Jayson Greene,
Pitchfork,
16 June 2026
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There are snippets and fragments of it found in the margins of the work day.—
Esther K. Choy,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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Not exactly anthology but hardly contiguous narrative, Koosha’s film works best as a kind of dispatch from a troubled moment, giving us human snippets to understand what can be an abstract violence.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 2026
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“Atoms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atoms. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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