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[dens] / dɛns /




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In his eyes, beauty takes all forms, morphing into the grotesque and outrageous before transforming again into a light, airy meringue, generously portioned atop life’s dense realities.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

His novels are consequently dense, multi-genre odysseys with their own distinct narrative cadence, complexity and structure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

All this was presented in calm, scientific prose and aided by dense mathematical equations.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

The alert level is triggered when there is a "high risk of severe transboundary haze in the region" and is reserved for widespread moderate to dense smoke haze, observed over two or more consecutive days.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

There was no dense and mysterious forest nearby, only bright orchards of fruit trees arranged in tidy rows, and the spires of Swanburne’s chapel were visible for miles around.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

ChangXin Memory Technologies recently announced progress in its efforts to make denser chips.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

Robinson said combining its global multimodal platform with RXO’s North American brokerage, expedited and last-mile capabilities will allow the combined company to provide a more tailored offering for customers across a larger and denser network.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

The Times: Why did you oppose Senate Bill 79, which requires cities to allow taller, denser buildings near transit stops?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

"Local ice is more economical, but Kuramoto Ice is clearer, denser and melts more slowly," co-owner Yong Wei told AFP.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

Aristotle took the view that harder substances are denser and heavier than softer substances; it followed that ice is heavier than water.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Krasner’s small, tight accretions of repetitive marks and shapes seem airless and uninflected; even the densest of Pollock’s early, layered pours pulse and breathe, his touch liberated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Trace that hazy glow toward its densest region, and you will be looking in the direction of the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

We walk Sham Shui Po, once among the city’s densest working-class food neighborhoods.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026

Black ones hold crude oil as well as the "heaviest" or densest products like bitumen.

From Barron's ● Apr. 26, 2026

The foragers were there before us and they brought about dramatic changes even in the densest jungles and the most desolate wildernesses.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari


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