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Its dry climate and sparse vegetation leave fossil-bearing rocks exposed, while its geology contains sedimentary layers of the right age to preserve dinosaur remains.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

Keeping such a sparse, specified operation going means narrowing budgets wherever possible, especially when it comes to managing Canopy’s investments and data.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

Lower readings indicate more sparse or stressed vegetation.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

To solve the problem of sparse liquidity, the LSE needs the help of a broader cultural shift in the U.K.,

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Prosper shuddered and only after another look did he realize that they were glasses, reflecting the sparse light.

From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke

“Autumn,” while sparser, has its subjects massed at the edges, offering a connection between the verdant periods that come before and the chilly days that lay ahead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025

However, Williams said, there are important differences between regions where fires erupt in forests with abundant vegetation fuel and regions like Southern California, where fires often burn through sparser shrubs and grasses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2025

In contrast to conventional computing where every part of the system is always on and available to communicate with any other part all the time, activation in neuromorphic computing can be sparser.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2024

While experts had previously speculated that Gigantopithecus was driven to extinction as their preferred forest habitats became sparser, the known fossils of the ape lacked defined dates to test the idea.

From National Geographic ● Jan. 10, 2024

Trees became sparser, and Tristran stared up at the mountains in front of them, and he gasped.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman

In this case, the error is making a call based on the sparsest of evidence.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 15, 2021

There is the couple with two daughters, known until recently by only the sparsest of details: They’d moved into the big house that replaced the old house that was razed after its original owner died.

From New York Times ● May 1, 2020

Turnouts for elections in 2014, 2015 and 2016 ranked among the sparsest in Indiana and broke local records for all-time lows.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 23, 2018

That said, the rest of the freestyle – which lasts nearly eight minutes, set to the sparsest of backings – has little or nothing to do with Trump.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 20, 2016

It’s the sparsest bed I’ve ever seen: small and pale yellow with a sheet, a topsheet, and one pillow.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini