mote

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Recent Examples of mote In the 1996 film Twister, storm chasers played by Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton sacrifice nearly everything to let loose swarms of data-collecting motes that get sucked up into a tornado and beam data back. IEEE Spectrum, 17 Aug. 2023 T’Challa’s coffin, carried by its team of all-woman warrior pallbearers—including Danai Gurira’s Okoye, showing nothing but betraying every mote of sorrow even so—is eventually relinquished to the sky, where it’s subsumed into a triangular ceremonial object and whisked off, gone forever. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 8 Nov. 2022 The world’s smallest battery is smaller than a dust mote. Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 1 Mar. 2022 How lonely, and how far away everything is compared to that mote of dust. NBC News, 22 July 2021 See All Example Sentences for mote
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Noun
  • Within the span of a few days, an innocuous speck can turn a loaf of bread from prime sandwich material into a hideous mass of blue-green fuzz—an appetite-killing sight if ever there was one.
    Caroline Tien, SELF, 1 May 2025
  • The dark speck near the bottom at the end of the line is Curiosity.
    Amanda Kooser, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • This approach has proved enormously successful, explaining everything from the behavior of subatomic particles to the evolution of the entire universe.
    Paul Sutter, Space.com, 23 May 2025
  • Since higher concentrations of aerosol particles creates clouds that are more reflective of the sun’s rays, the strength of an area’s aerosol particle sources matters.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • Each shot is a singular moment in time, and plates are sometimes imbued with not just the emotional weight of the image but also flecks of dust kicked up by passing dump trucks full of debris.
    Marah Eakin, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Then, a volunteer lit the pyre, and flecks of ashes swirled in the air.
    Sui-Lee Wee, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Inflation eased to a four-year low Your wallet may feel a tiny bit of ease.
    Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 14 May 2025
  • According to both actors, the entire process of putting together this scene was as inventive and open as the bit with the scarf.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • The independent lab also tested another 66 samples of nine ancient grains: amaranth, barley, buckwheat, bulgur, couscous, farro, millet, quinoa and spelt. Results showed rice purchased by shoppers contained 28 times more arsenic than the alternative grains.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 15 May 2025
  • Always work with the grain of the wood and keep the nozzle moving to prevent noticeable lines.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 May 2025

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“Mote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mote. Accessed 27 May. 2025.

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