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Recent Examples of sparsity
Innovation has arisen out of the sparsity of the shells.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sparsity
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Vertical farming Conventional agriculture faces increasing pressure from climate instability, water scarcity, and transportation emissions.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Jan. 2026
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While automation is often framed as a cost-cutting measure, automakers increasingly describe it as a response to labor scarcity.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
14 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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“Sparsity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sparsity. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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