mote
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Bangladesh, one of the world's fastest-growing economies, has raised fuel prices by mote than 50% in just a week.
From BBC • Aug. 13, 2022
And we as humans, temporary inhabitants of a dust mote, as Carl Sagan said, did what we had to do.
From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2022
After the issue was resolved, another mote of organic material began to threaten the mission’s launch.
From Science Magazine • Jun. 25, 2020
The host cued up a movie that revealed our place in the universe: floating on a small blue dot in a mote of sunlight.
From Slate • Apr. 24, 2020
Maybe instead of feeling like a mote of dust, we can remember that all the creatures on this Earth are made from stardust.
From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin
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