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gossamer

[gos-uh-mer] / ˈgɒs ə mər /


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Back in October, after speaking with food content creator and cookbook author Owen Han, I described frico as such: “lacy, gossamer, uber-crispy cooked flats of parmesan cheese.”

From Salon Mar. 15, 2025

To see the familiar faces, to hear the old story, to think about the old song — such remembrances tether us, however frayed and fragile the gossamer of grief, to a world transformed.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 22, 2024

Princeton researchers have learned to harness the gossamer scaffolding that maintains the structure of living cells and used it to develop a nanotechnology platform.

From Science Daily Jan. 25, 2024

Most K-pop acts rely on hip-hop and EDM for stylistic inspiration, so when teen group NewJeans decorated their gossamer melodies with a patter of drum and bass, it felt like a breath of fresh air.

From BBC Dec. 29, 2023

Home was my past, connected by gossamer threads to where I was now.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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