How to Use nucleus in a Sentence

nucleus

noun

• The matter then travels the shell of the egg and exits a black hole also at the nucleus.
  — Susan Lahey, Popular Mechanics, 12 Apr. 2023
• There’s been a kind of nucleus, which people think of as New England, and maybe the West Coast.
  — How To Save A Country, The New Republic, 11 May 2023
• Apart from the nucleus, a small amount of DNA can be found in the mitochondria.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2023
• The missiles come again and again in Kharkiv — the nucleus of the Ukrainian avant-garde in the early days of the Soviet Union.
  — New York Times, 15 July 2022
• Phoenix has played well, even without Crowder in the mix, as the nucleus of the team is still intact.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 2 Nov. 2022
• The nucleus of that was seven people combined to make 27 around the world.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 2 Aug. 2022
• Before 1994, teams were able to keep their nucleus of players, but that’s no longer the case.
  — Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 15 Feb. 2024
• The nucleus of this group has produced back-to-back 12-5 seasons.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 25 Aug. 2023
• Both the r-process and the s-process involve adding one or more neutrons to an atomic nucleus.
  — Sanjana Curtis, Scientific American, 12 Dec. 2022
• The Bulls are on a downturn and could decide to make major moves with their nucleus.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Jan. 2023
• Mythos, once a lone outpost at Sixth and College streets, is the nucleus of uptown’s night scene.
  — Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2024
• In contrast to the DNA from the cell nucleus, the mitochondrial genome is small.
  — Daniela Mocker, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2022
• Similar to Notre Dame, Holy Cross has a young nucleus in the coming years despite the loss of four seniors.
  — Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer, 4 Mar. 2023
• Most of the lithium on Earth is an isotope called lithium-7, meaning the nucleus has 3 protons and 4 neutrons.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 20 Sep. 2023
• For this, the ideal atoms are ones that have unpaired electrons swarming around the nucleus in what are known as 3d orbitals.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 15 Nov. 2023
• For the new work, Webb was pointed at what's called a quasar, or active galactic nucleus.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 24 Oct. 2022
• The tool also can image epithelial cells and their nuclei.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 8 Jan. 2024
• The bright fuzzy spot is the nucleus of the main Andromeda Galaxy, and the small fuzzy spot is a nearby satellite galaxy of Andromeda.
  — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 21 Jan. 2024
• Now Wang and co have used the technique to watch these particles recoil as nuclei within them decay.
  — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 27 Feb. 2024
• It is also known as a Seyfert galaxy or a galaxy with an active nucleus.
  — Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2024
• The gluons then connect protons with neutrons to form a nucleus.
  — Popular Mechanics, 31 Mar. 2023
• Their cell nucleus usually seems like a fortress for protecting the genome.
  — Quanta Magazine, 27 Oct. 2022
• Nuclear fusion happens when the nuclei of two atoms merge.
  — Popular Mechanics, 19 July 2023
• From then on, the Stones simply never stopped, and have employed a revolving lineup around the nucleus of Jagger and Richards.
  — Al Shipley, SPIN, 17 Oct. 2023
• An atom is like a little solar system, with a nucleus at its center.
  — James Somers, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2022
• There are few places better for that in the Pac-12 than Mill Avenue, the nucleus of Tempe’s college nightlife, where loud music is blasting and cheap well drinks are flowing.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2022
• At the atomic level, the motions of electrons and nuclei typically take place over the course of attoseconds.
  — Daniel Garisto, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2023
• The work of more than 50 artists from across the country will be the nucleus of the multi-day event put on by cultural development firm Ganggang.
  — Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Aug. 2022
• My hope, desire and vision is that Brazelton’s will again become the nucleus of the community and our city.
  — Detroit Free Press, 14 Feb. 2023
• Each time that Halley returns to the inner solar system its nucleus sheds ice and rocky dust into space.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 11 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024