as in particles
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
The static electricity forms in the dryer as loose electrons give clothing atoms a negative charge.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
2 July 2026
Manganese atoms slowly take the place of some iron, creating a uniform LMFP structure.
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Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
2 July 2026
His team has made clusters of 36 boron atoms in a thin, atom-thick disk; two could be stitched together to create the boron equivalent of graphene.
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ArsTechnica,
30 June 2026
If a neutron star gets more massive and more dense, the forces that hold atoms together can finally surrender to gravity, and all the mass collapses inward.
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Stephen Dikerby,
The Conversation,
29 June 2026
Fatty acids are long chains of carbon surrounded by hydrogen atoms.
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Rosemary Trout,
Scientific American,
27 June 2026
These polypeptides then fold into complex three-dimensional structures called proteins, driven by a combination of hydrophobic interactions, hydrogen bonds and electrostatic forces between atoms along the chain.
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Kj Dhaliwal,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
2 July 2026
Manganese atoms slowly take the place of some iron, creating a uniform LMFP structure.
—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
2 July 2026
His team has made clusters of 36 boron atoms in a thin, atom-thick disk; two could be stitched together to create the boron equivalent of graphene.
—
ArsTechnica,
30 June 2026
If a neutron star gets more massive and more dense, the forces that hold atoms together can finally surrender to gravity, and all the mass collapses inward.
—
Stephen Dikerby,
The Conversation,
29 June 2026
Fatty acids are long chains of carbon surrounded by hydrogen atoms.
—
Rosemary Trout,
Scientific American,
27 June 2026
These polypeptides then fold into complex three-dimensional structures called proteins, driven by a combination of hydrophobic interactions, hydrogen bonds and electrostatic forces between atoms along the chain.
—
Kj Dhaliwal,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for atoms
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It should be finely milled, meaning it's blended to lightweight particles that move easily yet set the skin well.
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The storm built until the walls and floor were covered with pale gray particles, billowing like smoke, then tessellating in triangles.
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One released a chaff cascade—hell’s own monsoon manifesting as specks of light, sound, and EM pulses falling through the hanging garden.
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Kansas City isn't much of a pedestrian city, but now, blue and green specks of fans dot the sidewalks, like wildflowers poking through a crack in the pavement.
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This allowed small molecules and ions to diffuse into and out of the SpudCell.
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Others, like Otto, try to build cells with molecules that differ from those found in Earth biology.
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Screwdriver bits attach to the tool with a magnet, and the Vulyx itself can magnetically stick to any metallic surface.
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The Ed Sullivan Theater, which first opened in 1927, is a 13-story shadow box preserving bits from a rich history of pop culture pinnacles past.
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Light streams through the frosted glass, catching flecks of dust.
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But flecks of green were visible throughout the stadium as Algeria fans made their presence known as well.
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The distillery gained a reputation for producing all its own distillate, with grains sourced from farmers in Wyoming’s Bighorn Basin.
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The recreational use of bigger display fireworks, such as salutes that contain two grains – 130 milligrams – of explosive materials and professional-grade aerial shells with more than 60 grams of pyrotechnic compositions isn't allowed.
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Bearden showed people a how to see African American life through paper scraps.
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Jan Paul van Hecke of the Netherlands has been involved in two scraps already, the latest when he was hit while going for a header and crumbled, perhaps exaggerating a tad, after Morocco's Azzedine Ounahi challenged the header, as well.
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Instead, at the scene, detectives looked at snippets of surveillance videos stored on Burke’s phone.
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The fair booths, all inside structures that resembled the neoclassical architecture of the nearby National Gallery of Art, offered snippets of Americana to visitors.
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“Atoms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atoms. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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