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a very small piece
give me just one atom of information about the novel's surprise ending
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Recent Examples of atom
There is a particular length, much smaller than an atom, beyond which physicists’ theories about the universe break down.
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Zeb Rocklin, The Conversation, 2 Feb. 2026
By smashing together heavy atoms of lead traveling at near-light speeds using the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), scientists can create a high-energy environment that briefly frees gluons and quarks from this atomic bondage, recreating the quark-gluon plasma of the early universe.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Even though Earth’s atmosphere is sparse, it’s still made of atoms, and atoms have atomic nuclei.
—Big Think, 30 Jan. 2026
For decades the capital had worked like a slowly exploding atom bomb, inhaling poor Filipinos from the provinces and spitting them into distant suburbs, transforming rural barangays into slums of concrete and zinc.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
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Zeb Rocklin, The Conversation, 2 Feb. 2026
By smashing together heavy atoms of lead traveling at near-light speeds using the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), scientists can create a high-energy environment that briefly frees gluons and quarks from this atomic bondage, recreating the quark-gluon plasma of the early universe.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Even though Earth’s atmosphere is sparse, it’s still made of atoms, and atoms have atomic nuclei.
—Big Think, 30 Jan. 2026
For decades the capital had worked like a slowly exploding atom bomb, inhaling poor Filipinos from the provinces and spitting them into distant suburbs, transforming rural barangays into slums of concrete and zinc.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for atom
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With fewer large particles to scatter light indiscriminately, the colors that reach your eyes can appear richer.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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Our skies will turn hazy with all the dust particles in the air.—
Nicole Villalpando,
Austin American Statesman,
11 Feb. 2026
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Here indeed was a dense speck of wilderness under preserve.—
John Bowe,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Feb. 2026
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According to the National Weather Service, when a water droplet in a freezing atmosphere comes into contact with a nucleus, like a speck of dust or pollen, an ice crystal is formed.—
Ray Petelin,
CBS News,
31 Jan. 2026
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Fungi fossils preserved in the chert contained compounds from the breakdown of chitin and glucan, key structural molecules in fungi.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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Finally, this gas is processed in a proprietary plasma reforming reactor that breaks down molecules to produce synthesis gas (syngas) — a high-energy mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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Editors could immediately tell that this wasn't your typical tortilla chip, noting the pale color and dark flecks of chia seed.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
30 Jan. 2026
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But right now, nearly every fleck of AI folly that’s risen to the top has been utter dreck.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
28 Jan. 2026
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The numbers have been slowly ticking up for over a year – a rare bit of good news for a government that has spent billions of dollars for more than a decade encouraging people to do just that.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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What & Why Rhode Island digs into this curious bit of beach trivia.—
Kathleen Hill,
The Providence Journal,
7 Feb. 2026
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Researchers around the world are now finding microplastics – tiny plastic fragments and fibers smaller than a grain of rice – in garden soils and compost products that look perfectly normal to the naked eye.—
Dr. Avishesh Neupane,
Hartford Courant,
7 Feb. 2026
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Dip your cloth in the water mixture and lightly wipe at the stain, going against the grain if your cabinets are made from wood.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
7 Feb. 2026
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The mobsters turned the van around, pulled off the highway and dumped Gasso in a patch of poison ivy along the Connecticut River in Wethersfield.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
12 Feb. 2026
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The concierge can also help with setting up activities like dog sledding, fishing, whale-watching, and fishing (or even just recommend hiking trails to blueberry patches on the property).—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Feb. 2026
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Davidson’s chat with Kelly has no structure, no segments, and no particular gimmick; and while none of that is required of a podcast, some sense of organization can help shape an otherwise-unformed snippet of conversation.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2026
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The Hoenikker character, who abandons his car in a traffic jam one day and walks the rest of the way to work, and well, here's a snippet from the audio version of Cat's Cradle, told from the point of view of one of Hoenikker’s/Langmuir’s children.—
Natalia Sánchez Loayza,
Scientific American,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Atom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atom. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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