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sparse

[spahrs] / spɑrs /


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But when Walker and Auen plunge our cipher, Béatrice, into the world of sparse electrostatic video, the result is both harrowing and unbelievably beautiful.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026

Details on deployment and growth plans for the Cybercab were sparse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

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

The elegantly sparse interiors are the work of Alex Eagle, the London fashion and furniture designer who is married to Wadhwa, and her creative partner Sophie Hodges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

We picked our way to the concessions truck, through a sparse, gloomy gathering of janitors and maintenance men.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

The Lower Woodies had a sparser insurance policy, but more wiggle room in its rules about rebuilding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026

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

Since then, not much is known of her personal life and her film appearances have grown sparser.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 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 lights below grew sparser, and presently they came to a great dark gash in the city.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

By 18 months, he had only the sparsest wisps of blond hair, and had yet to produce a single tooth.

From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2023

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

The more successful moments, at least from a purely musical standpoint, were the sparsest: a solo piano performance by John Legend, and a similarly scaled delivery by Taylor Swift, before she shifted into hair-tossing bombast.

From Chicago Tribune ● Jan. 27, 2014

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




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