atomic

Example Sentences

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Since the junta took power in a 2023 coup, Niger has turned to Russia, which commands the world's largest arsenal of atomic weapons, for help in fighting the west African country's jihadist insurgency.

From Barron's

When the scientists added an ultrafast heating mechanism affecting atomic positions, the revised model more closely matched the experiment.

From Science Daily

Nuclear plants - which generate electricity by using atomic reactions to produce heat - are "essential to the UK's future", with the country at risk of missing out on a "worldwide nuclear renaissance".

From BBC

At one point during our dinner in 2019, he paraphrased Robert Oppenheimer, the leader of the Manhattan Project, who believed the atomic bomb was an inevitability of scientific progress.

From New York Times

The move by Russia to station tactical atomic weapons in Belarus came in response to the West’s increasing military support for Ukraine.

From Seattle Times