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delicate

[del-i-kit] / ˈdɛl ɪ kɪt /






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When those delicate cells become damaged, they can no longer transmit information properly.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Soccer — and, by extension, the United Bid — at a delicate time, with the vote to award the 2026 tournament just four months away.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

It manufactures neodymium magnets by pouring liquid alloy onto a rotating, cooled disk, then rapidly quenching and pulverizing it to freeze the delicate crystalline structure at a microscopic scale before it can grow.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

In many existing systems, extreme cooling is necessary to prevent a process known as decoherence, in which delicate quantum information is lost.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

Darius looked small and delicate next to his oldest brother.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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