atlas
Example Sentences
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The Conservatory project has created what researchers describe as a "comprehensive atlas of regulatory conservation across plants, including dozens of crop species and their wild ancestors."
From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026
Researchers at The Rockefeller University built the most detailed atlas so far of how aging affects thousands of cell subtypes across 21 mammalian tissues.
From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2026
"It's a good idea to carry a road atlas for back-up, too."
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026
What followed was an interminable undertaking to create maps of individual countries, to be mailed to subscribers and later bound together as an atlas.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
“Go ahead. I wish I had a road atlas for you. The roads in it wouldn’t exist in those days but it might show you the easiest way through the country.”
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
