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atomic

[uh-tom-ik] / əˈtɒm ɪk /


ADJECTIVE
nuclear
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Campbell’s goal in the 1940s, starting with America’s nerdy, unathletic boys, was to prepare the country to face a dangerous new age of science and technology, the emblem for which was the atomic bomb.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Slim Pickens yee-hawed riding “Dr. Strangelove’s” atomic bomb to oblivion; Cruise brandishes his grandpappy’s original shovel that struck crude in 1917 and whoops, “Oil is the mother’s milk of Earth!”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

In the youngest systems, where material is still falling onto the central star, the researchers detected powerful jets along with broad winds containing both molecular and atomic gas.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

Recently, I learned about a concept called atomic change.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

Sakharov’s own reaction was remarkably similar to what Robert Oppenheimer had experienced when he watched the world’s first atomic bomb test in the New Mexico desert ten years before.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin




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