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Initial discussions circled around whether the former politician was in fact the one who had caused the accident, and why authorities had only released sparse information.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 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

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

Soccer Federation backed in a sparse post on X.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

With the tips of her fingers, El touches my cheeks and, for the first time, I notice the sparse tears rolling down my face.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy

The path of totality of the Aug. 12 solar eclipse will sweep across much of Spain, but Basque Country, in the north, is our pick for sparser crowds and plenty to do.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 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

The food in the Friday bags was getting sparser, and even though he skipped supper most nights and fasted on Saturdays, there was hardly enough for Julie.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer

It’s a volcanic buildup of a song, from the sparsest ticking electronics to a hard-rock stomp to a full-scale pileup of guitars, drums and horns.

From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2024

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

From Scientific American ● Oct. 15, 2021

At the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, security officers reported some of the sparsest crowds they’ve seen as they prepared to shutter the popular museum Friday.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 13, 2020

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