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Noun
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Innovation has arisen out of the sparsity of the shells.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
13 Oct. 2025 -
The AlphaEarth Foundations team told IEEE Spectrum that one limitation in Earth observation is the inherent irregularity and sparsity of the data.—
Shannon Cuthrell,
IEEE Spectrum,
15 Sep. 2025
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Since its value relies on a mix of scarcity, institutional money flow, mining economics, trading volume, and external events, its price is inherently jumpy and hard to pin down in the not-so-distant future.—
K.H. Koehler,
jsonline.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Listings like these usually create a greater sense of scarcity, which can drive up ticket prices even more.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
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The focus on slimness has fueled speculation about the emergence of phones with no charging ports, a design choice that Apple reportedly considered for the iPhone Air, according to Bloomberg.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
18 Sep. 2025
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The slimness undoubtedly raises questions about durability.—
Prakhar Khanna,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Defensive coordinator Jesse Minter’s unit rarely gets burned by big plays in the passing game — save for the first quarter against the Texans in Week 17 — and pairing that with stinginess inside the 20-yard line has made the Chargers difficult to score on consistently.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Spareness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spareness. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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