as in particle
a very small piece
not a molecule of sense in that girl
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Recent Examples of molecule
Orforglipron is a small-molecule drug that is absorbed more easily in the body and doesn't require dietary restrictions like Novo Nordisk's pill, which is a peptide medication.
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Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026
Provides Antioxidants to Protect Against Cell Damage Antioxidants balance unstable molecules known as free radicals, which can promote inflammation.
—Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 4 Feb. 2026
Where the polyacetylene molecule required ten registers, the new model used 15,000.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2026
This molecule carries fatty acids to the mitochondria, where they’re used for energy.
—Merve Ceylan, Health, 3 Feb. 2026
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Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026
Provides Antioxidants to Protect Against Cell Damage Antioxidants balance unstable molecules known as free radicals, which can promote inflammation.
—Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 4 Feb. 2026
Where the polyacetylene molecule required ten registers, the new model used 15,000.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2026
This molecule carries fatty acids to the mitochondria, where they’re used for energy.
—Merve Ceylan, Health, 3 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for molecule
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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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These tungsten atoms would then condense on the slightly cooler inside of the glass bulb, blackening it and dimming the light over time.—
Natalia Sánchez Loayza,
Scientific American,
5 Feb. 2026
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In this setup, qubits are encoded in the electrons of nitrogen atoms and the nuclear states of carbon atoms within the diamond lattice.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 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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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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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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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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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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“Molecule.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molecule. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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