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dense

[dens] / dɛns /




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At the time, rescuers said he was in a "very isolated and hard-to-access mountain area" and the weather conditions were extremely severe with strong winds, heavy snowfall, and dense fog.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

He now lives on Indian Creek island behind dense hedges that prevent even his wealthy neighbors from peering into his estate—the only home like that on the island, one club member said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Canine teams also have been used in the search through steep canyons and dense vegetation.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

Its infrared capabilities, however, bring out features that are harder to see in visible light, including dense concentrations of dust and hazy regions of ionized gas.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

Frankie had ordered honey cake, but the dessert the waiter brought looked nothing like the dense golden-brown slabs of lekach baked for the new year.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

That stronger clustering might also appear to explain observations suggesting that the Universe contains denser structures than predicted.

From Science Daily Aug. 2, 2026

This denser network makes the budget airline more attractive to passengers who value flexibility, which could help improve ticket revenues over time, the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

The denser it is, the more dehydrated you are, generally.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

Fellow economists Marina Gertsberg, Ekaterina Volkova and I found that the disgraced financier effectively wired corporate America into a denser, more tightly interconnected network.

From Salon Jun. 20, 2026

Aristotelians also held that solids are denser and heavier than liquids.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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

From Salon Aug. 9, 2026

In 2020, the Dome fire decimated what was then known as the world’s densest Joshua tree forest.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2026

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

From Barron's Apr. 26, 2026

"You have the second densest country in the world, that has virtually uncongested streets," Harvard economist Edward Glaeser said of the city-state.

From BBC Mar. 7, 2026

“As you know,” he said, trying his best to turn his guts and spine into the hardest and densest of wood.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill




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