nuclear fusion

noun

physics
: a process in which the nuclei of atoms are joined

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Jeff Bezos has been investing in nuclear fusion since 2011. Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025 Lee is also proposing $2.6 million to hire state staff to establish a state regulatory framework for nuclear fusion. Vivian Jones, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025 Said star was a white dwarf, the type of stellar remnant that forms when a star with a mass similar to that of the sun runs out of fuel for nuclear fusion. Robert Lea, Space.com, 2 July 2025 Inside the Devens, Massachusetts, facility where Commonwealth Fusion Systems is making the powerful magnets that will be used in the nuclear fusion energy process. Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for nuclear fusion

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