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[dens] / dɛns /




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It is also a beautiful book, complete with notes, photographs and a chronology to guide readers through the dense entanglements of expatriate Paris and the particulars of the bullfighting arena.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Most of these vessels are purse seiners or trawlers, which deploy vast nets to capture dense schools of fish.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

It forms because the air high above the Pole becomes extremely cold and dense in winter.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

For several days this summer the Albanian city of Elbasan choked in a dense cloud of stinging smoke coming from the direction of its notorious steelworks.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

That dense blah, gray feeling was interfering with his thought processes.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

Robinson said combining its global multimodal platform with RXO’s North American brokerage, expedited and last-mile capabilities will allow the combined company to provide a more tailored offering for customers across a larger and denser network.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

The Times: Why did you oppose Senate Bill 79, which requires cities to allow taller, denser buildings near transit stops?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

Although there is little scientific evidence, it's said the technique also results in a colder, denser product that will cool rather than dilute a cocktail.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

Their work produced an unusual observation: diamond became denser when it melted.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026

Then, around the corner, gliding noiselessly, came dementors, ten or more of them, visible because they were of a denser darkness than their surroundings, with their black cloaks and their scabbed and rotting hands.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

Trace that hazy glow toward its densest region, and you will be looking in the direction of the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

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

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Apr. 26, 2026

Neighboring Djibouti is home to the densest cluster of foreign military bases in the world—including from the U.S.,

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

The New Guinea highlands supported some of the densest populations of Stone Age people anywhere in the modern world.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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