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
These close-range interactions cause the particles to act collectively rather than as independent units, generating physical properties that cannot be extrapolated by looking at single, isolated atoms.
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Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 7 June 2026
Auroras occur when the solar material interacts with the atoms and molecules in Earth's atmosphere.
—Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 4 June 2026
Still, Atom is developing something akin to an architecture in which there’s a storage region, an operations zone, and a collection of backup atoms that can be brought in if one of the others is lost.
—ArsTechnica, 3 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
Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 7 June 2026
Auroras occur when the solar material interacts with the atoms and molecules in Earth's atmosphere.
—Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 4 June 2026
Still, Atom is developing something akin to an architecture in which there’s a storage region, an operations zone, and a collection of backup atoms that can be brought in if one of the others is lost.
—ArsTechnica, 3 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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His viral load dropped from around 380,000 particles per milliliter of blood before the procedure to roughly 6,000 the next day.—
Elie Dolgin,
IEEE Spectrum,
4 June 2026
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The burning of coal is one of the largest drivers of air pollution, releasing fine particles known to be harmful to respiratory and cardiovascular health.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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Most astronomers now agree that each of these minuscule crimson specks—which bear a striking resemblance to enormous, faraway stars—actually has a burgeoning black hole at its center.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
27 May 2026
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As in Kourliandski’s quartet, specks and splatters of sound are interspersed with silences.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Living systems invest energy into making molecules that serve specific functions, even when those molecules are complex and harder to form.—
Gideon Yoffe,
The Conversation,
29 May 2026
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Sodium bicarbonate neutralizes odor molecules.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
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Now, though, scientists have discovered bits of tissue removed from a species of sea cucumber called Psolus fabricii can keep on living indefinitely if they’re left in ordinary seawater.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
29 May 2026
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Just non-stop dribbles, counter-attacks, through balls, amazing finishes… all of football’s good bits.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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The light had a wintry grain, with flecks of color suspended in it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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Vermiculite, a fine, puffed, gold flecks mica, which helps with drainage.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
29 May 2026
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That's roughly double that of many common grains like rice, which has around 4 grams per cup, and oats, which yield about 5 grams of protein per cup cooked.—
Lynn Andriani,
Martha Stewart,
30 May 2026
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Refined grains digest quickly, leading to sharper blood sugar spikes and crashes.—
Ezekiel J. Emanuel,
CNBC,
29 May 2026
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The ever-expanding, replicating, and manipulating series of rooms take scraps and memories of those who pass through it, expanding into something that defies personality or ease.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
2 June 2026
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Like everything else that works here, Brie’s performance wrests the last scraps of freshness from a mode of filmmaking this movie knows is played out, but doesn’t have the particular strength to reinvent.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
2 June 2026
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Donovan described more than 30 people coming and going during the approximately two-week rental period in April, with his Ring camera capturing snippets of outdoor conversations in which people discussed taking shifts.—
Andrew Cunningham,
ArsTechnica,
1 June 2026
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Under the hood, the agent is pulling text from merchant product descriptions, marketing pages and review snippets that were written to rank on Google, not to survive scrutiny from an AI making a purchase recommendation.—
Michael Quoc,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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“Atoms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atoms. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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