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All living things need the element to make biomolecules such as DNA, but most species can’t make use of the N2 molecule, nitrogen’s gaseous form.—
Katherine Bourzac,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025 -
On-hand inventories of enriched uranium below five percent as well as natural uranium in the gaseous form would be limited to the amount required to meet near-term fueling needs.—
Robert J. Einhorn,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Aug. 2025
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But this is a wild-card team, and the emotions are more tenuous in this fan base.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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On the other side, there is tenuous, but potentially powerful coalition waiting to be formed.—
Emily Brooks,
The Hill,
30 Sep. 2025
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The water pressure then causes the vehicle to rise and slide on a thin layer of water between the tires and the road, making the driver lose control.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Batteries without the filter lost power quickly, while batteries with the atom-thin filter retained almost all their capacity for more than 150 charge-discharge cycles.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Oct. 2025
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The dresses, in muted shades ranging from pale pink to pearl gray, cream and black, contrast layers of vaporous tulle and organza with long ruffled skirts and collared capes in satin or taffeta edged with lace.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
5 Sep. 2025
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This fluttering, vaporous, slightly mysterious pas de deux was created, in 1980, for the ballerina Merrill Ashley, a technical powerhouse with a hidden lyrical side.—
Jillian Steinhauer,
New Yorker,
5 Sep. 2025
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Jiang and his colleagues complain over video chat about their bland meals, but the people who produce, prepare and deliver the food remain invisible.—
Yangyang Cheng,
NPR,
4 Oct. 2025
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And yet, the rings were still all but invisible because while the south side of the rings was tipped toward us, the sun was illuminating the north side.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Countless moths beat frenetically around the trap’s white, diaphanous panels, which are swaying with ghostly ripples in a gentle breeze.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 Oct. 2025
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Designers leaned into transparency, with diaphanous layers that revealed and concealed in equal measure.—
Essence,
Essence,
24 Sep. 2025
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That outcome could delay or reduce any recovery, allow Jones to keep control of the platform that spread the false claims at issue, and expose limits in how bankruptcy law can deliver accountability when a business’s value is intangible and closely tied to its founder.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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The Indianapolis Colts have captured something intangible.—
Adam Grosbard,
Oc Register,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Wispish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wispish. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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